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Course unit, curriculum year 2024–2025
KIE.ENA.250

Postcolonial Cultures and Global Literatures in English, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
Course code
KIE.ENA.250
Language of instruction
English
Academic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027
Level of study
Intermediate studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Maarit Piipponen
Responsible teacher:
Markku Salmela
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Language Studies 100 %
Common learning outcomes
International outlook and global responsibility
Interaction and communication skills
Learning skills and critical thinking
Sustainable development goals
Goal 5: Gender Equality
Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

The course unit explores literature written in English from a postcolonial and postimperial perspective. It demonstrates how the expansion of the British Empire affected the creation of postcolonial literatures in English in different parts of the world (including North America, Australia, Africa and India) and gave rise to forms of anti-colonial resistance. It investigates the ideologies and legacies of colonialism, the formation of postcolonial identities and the decolonisation of the mind and knowledge. It further focuses on the adoption and subversion of English as a global literary language, and the ways in which postcolonial literatures engage with, question and remodel literary-aesthetic traditions.

Learning outcomes
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1

Participation in teaching

13.01.2025 10.05.2025
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)