ENGL 90176 - Postcolonial Theory

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

This course will survey and critique the main developments, debates and trends within anticolonial discourse, and post-colonial theory. We will read earlier works by Cesaire, Fanon and Memmi, among others, and will trace later intellectual and theoretical threads in the field in the works of Said, Spivak and Babha. We will begin with Leela Gandhi's Post-Colonial Theory: A Critical Introduction, and will then focus our attention on the major works of the above-mentioned theorists, as well as others. A strong element to this seminar will be the use, or practice, of post-colonial theory in literary criticism. As such, we will be reading a number of 20th-century post-colonial novels alongside our theoretical materials. A research paper and regular presentations on our readings, will constitute the written requirements of the course.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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