- a combination of seminars and lectures
- to read and analyze contemporary post-colonial fiction, drama and poetry
- to become familiar wih post-colonial theory and basic terms and issues
Requirements for Credit and Assessment:
20 p Class participation and attendance
35 p Presentation (creativity, interaction, visualization)
45 p Final test
Grading:
100-95 = 1
94-89 = 1.5
88-83 = 2
82-77 = 2.5
76-70 = 3
Recommended Literature:
Ashcroft, B. et al., 1995. Post-colonial Studies Reader. London: Routledge.
Ashcroft, B. et al., 2006. Post-Colonial Studies. The Key Concepts. London/New York: Routledge.
Ashcroft, B. et al., 2005. The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literature. London/New York: Routledge.
Agbaw. S.E. (ed.), 2006. Aspects of Postcolonial Literature. Nitra: UKF.
McLeod, J., 2000. Beginning Postcolonialism. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Course content:
Topic 1: Colonial Practice
Reading: Jomo Kenyatta - The Gentlemen of the Jungle (short story)
Topic 2: Representation and Resistance
Reading: Rudyard Kipling - The Overland Mail (poem)
Film: Man to Man (2005), directed by Regis Wargnier
Topic 3: Universality and Difference
Reading: Wole Soyinka - The Strong Breed (drama)
Topic 4: Education
Reading: Jamaica Kincaid - Columbus in Chains (extract)
Topic 5: Place and Displacement
Reading: Louise Bennett - Colonization in Reverse (poem)
Jhumpa Lahiri - Mrs. Sen's (short story)
Topic 6: Language
Reading: Gabriel Okara - The Voice (novel)
Topic 7: Hybridity
Reading: Caryl Phillips - The Pagan Coast (extract)
Derek Walcott - A Far Cry from Africa (poem)
Topic 8: Assimilation / Generation Gap
Reading: Hanif Kureishi - My Son the Fanatic (short story)
