2016_17
Guia docent 
Facultat de Lletres
A A A 
català 
Grau d'Anglès (2009)
 Assignatures
  LITERATURES POSTCOLONIALS
   Metodologies
Metodologies
  Descripció
Activitats Introductòries 1- General introduction:
a. What are post-colonial literatures?
b. Post-colonial literatures and English Studies: the frame of post-colonial literary theory
c. Themes, concepts and concerns in these literatures
Seminaris The following texts will be discussed in the seminars:

AFRICAN LITERATURES:

a) Essays: “Oral Literature and Modern African Literature” by Isidore Okpewho
“Decolonizing the Mind” by Ngugi wa Thiong’o

b) Extract from Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. (chapter 7 )
“ from The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta (1st & 2nd chapters)

c) Novel: Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee

d) Poetry:
Some poems from Song of Lawino by Okot p’Bitek

e) Short story: “The Girl Who Can” by Ama Ata Aidoo




CARIBBEAN LITERATURES:

a) Poetry: “Names” by Derek Walcott
“A Modern Slave Song” by Benjamin Zephaniah
An extract from “Discourse on the Logic of Language” by Marlene Nourbese Philip.

b) Short story: “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid

c) Essays: “Concepts of the Caribbean” by George Lamming
“Centrality of Caribbean Literature: Depicting Postcolonial and Multicultural Preocupations” by Seodial Frank H. Deena

d) Novel: Crick Crack, Monkey by Merle Hodge (120 pages)



INDIAN LITERATURE:
a) Novel: Untouchable (1935) by Mulk Raj Anand

b) Extract from:
- Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (1st chapter);
-The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.


c) Poetry:
“A Blessed Life” and “Radha’s Dream” by Kamala Das. “The Little Prince” & “Troglodyte” by Suniti Namjoshi

d) Essay: “The ladies have feelings, so…” by Arundhati Roy
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