ENGLISH 3611 - Postcolonial Theory

Institution:

Temple University

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Description:

This is a research intensive junior-level class that examines postcolonial theory with a particular focus on the methods and approaches that postcolonial theory has made available to literary studies. The theoretical and historical readings will be drawn from a number of foundational texts in the field and are likely to include the work of Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, Aime Cesaire, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Gayatri Spivak, Homi Bhabha, Eric Hobsbawm, Mary Louise Pratt, Ashis Nandy, among others. Topics of study vary by instructor and might include the politics of culture; the psychology of colonialism; imperialism and popular representation; refusing and resisting empire; narrating territories; aestheticizing empire; inventing the Other; imagining nationalism.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.TEMPLE.EDU

Phone Number:

(215) 204-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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