Educational guide Faculty or Arts |
english |
Filologia Anglesa (01) |
Subjects |
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LITERATURES FROM AFRICA, THE CARIBBEAN AND INDIA |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2010_11 |
Subject | ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LITERATURES FROM AFRICA, THE CARIBBEAN AND INDIA | Code | 12142121 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Theory credits | Practical credits | Type | Year | Period | ||
6 | 4.5 | 1.5 | Compulsory | Fourth | Second |
Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Topic | Sub-topic |
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 |