• Thu 12-14 A3098 (SAVOLAINEN)

The course will be a continuation of the unit ?New Literatures in English?, expanding and deepening our understanding of the impact and ramifications of European, particularly British, colonialism in the literary and cultural sphere. We will be reading and discussing theoretical texts by Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Michel Foucault, Mahdu Kishwar and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. The novels to be discussed in class are Salman Rushdie?s Midnight?s Children and Toni Morrison?s Tar Baby (each student should purchase copies of these books; to be available at the university bookstore). In addition we will be watching two films: Gillo Pontecorvo?s Battle of Algiers (1956) and Richard Attenborough?s Gandi (1982).

Assessment: group participation, presentation in class, essay of 10-12 pages.

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