2013_14
Guia docent 
Facultat de Lletres
A A A 
català 
Filologia Anglesa (2001)
 Assignatures
  LITERATURES EN LLENGUA ANGLESA D'ÀFRICA, EL CARIB I L'ÍNDIA
   Continguts
Tema Subtema
1. World Literatures Written in English 1.1.- General Introduction: the concepts of colonial, colonialist, and post-colonial literatures
1.2.- Nationalist movements and their influence on the respective literatures
1.3.- Common themes and concerns reflected in these literatures
1.4.-The frame of post-colonial literary theory
2. African Literatures 2.1.- The origin and tradition of the African literature written in English
2.2.- Adoption of a new critical perspective
2.3.- African oral tradition
2.4.- Western influences on African literatures
2.5.- J.M. Coetzee: a critical voice
2.6.Buchi Emecheta's and Lauretta Ngcobo's vision of the African woman
3. Indian Literature 3.1.- The influence of the epic works Ramayana and Mahabarata in Indian literature
3.2.- Oral tradition in Indian literature
3.3.- The development of an Indian literary tradition
3.4.- Salman Rushdie as a writer and a critic
3.5.- Folk theatre: the example of Girish Karnad
4. Caribbean Literature 4.1.- The African roots of Caribbean literature
4.2.- Autobiographical fiction in the West Indies
4.3.- The 'magical' dimension in the Caribbean novel
4.4.- The Indian tradition in Caribbean literature
4.5.- Poetry of the Caribbean: the example of Derek Walcott