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ENGL272
Postcolonial Theory
ENGL272 SP
Crosslistings: WMST272
Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 12 0 12
Next Offered in 9899 SP
Postcolonial theory has taught us a great deal about power
and its creation, its maintenance, and its resistance. This
class will examine some of the major issues within the field
of power, the construction of the colonial subject, the role
of literary studies, the discourse of the nation, the female
subject, and the problematic potential of postmodernism.
MAJOR READINGS
Selected articles from the anthology, THE
POST-COLONIAL STUDIES READER, eds. Bill Ashcroft, Gareth
Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin. The anthology will be
supplemented by some xeroxed articles.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two 5-page and one 10-page
essays. Class participation.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Interest and some
background in literary theory and postcolonial literature.
This course counts towards the English Department's theory
requirement.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
ENGL201
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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