Course details
Name: ENLT - 602
Title: SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL LIT
Section: 01
Semester: Spring - 2020
Credits: 3
Description:
This is seminar dedicated to the study of theory and literary texts designated as "Postcolonial."
We will look at some foundational theoretical texts undergirding this field of subversive literary study, such as Edward Said's Orientalism (1978), Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks (1952), Abdul R. JanMohammed's Manichean Aesthetics (1983), and other seminal essays by Gayatri Spivak, Homi Bhabha and Aijaz Ahmed, as well as parts of the now canonical book of the discipline, The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Postcolonial Literature (1989) by Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin and a chapter or two from my own book in the field, Culture and Imperialism in the Indo-English Novel (1992).
We will also read and discuss some key postcolonial literary texts such as Tayyeb Salih's novel Season of Migration to the North (1966), Salman Rushdie's Shame(1983), Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007), Kamila Shamsie's Burnt Shadows (2009) and Nuruddin Farah's Maps. as well as Aime Cesaire's epic poem, Return to My Native Land (1939).
Thus, the works studied will cover a long historical period from the early decades of the 20thC into the present that raise questions about time and space, as these intersect with issues of gender, race, class and national identities in the modern world.
Last updated on 2019-10-30 By
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Schedule: Thursday From 5:30 pm To 8:00 pm
Graduation requirements:
- Any Literature (1e)
- Post-1900 (1d)
- International Issues (3a)
- Women and Gender Studies (3c)
- Graduate (BA/MA)
Teaching Faculty: Afzal-Khan Fawzia (khanf)
Is course canceled: No