ENGH 363: Postcolonial Literature

Introduces the field of postcolonial literature, focusing on the colonial experience and its cultural legacies in formerly colonized countries and highlighting key theoretical concepts and issues that have shaped debates in the field. Studies works drawn from multiple world regions or cultures and situates texts within social, historical, and aesthetic contexts of production and reception. Considers questions of language, representation, power, race, sexuality, nationalism, violence, and hybrid and diasporic identities. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.