| Continguts |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. World Literatures Written in English | 1.1.- General Introduction: the concepts of colonial, colonialist, and post-colonial literatures 1.2.- Nationalist movements and their influence on the respective literatures 1.3.- Common themes and concerns reflected in these literatures 1.4.-The frame of post-colonial literary theory |
| 2. African Literatures | 2.1.- The origin and tradition of the African literature written in English 2.2.- Adoption of a new critical perspective 2.3.- African oral tradition 2.4.- Western influences on African literatures 2.5.- J.M. Coetzee: a critical voice 2.6.Buchi Emecheta's and Lauretta Ngcobo's vision of the African woman |
| 3. Indian Literature | 3.1.- The influence of the epic works Ramayana and Mahabarata in Indian literature 3.2.- Oral tradition in Indian literature 3.3.- The development of an Indian literary tradition 3.4.- Salman Rushdie as a writer and a critic 3.5.- Folk theatre: the example of Girish Karnad |
| 4. Caribbean Literature | 4.1.- The African roots of Caribbean literature 4.2.- Autobiographical fiction in the West Indies 4.3.- The 'magical' dimension in the Caribbean novel 4.4.- The Indian tradition in Caribbean literature 4.5.- Poetry of the Caribbean: the example of Derek Walcott |
| Atenció personalitzada |
| Description |
| Avaluació |
| Other comments and second exam session |
| Fonts d'informació |
| Bàsica |
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I. Okpewho, African Oral Literature, 1992, Bloomington: Indianapolis Indiana University
Sandra Pouchet Paquet, Caribbean Autobiography: Cultural Identity and Self-representation, 2002, The University of Wisconsin Press
Mongia Padmini, Contemporary Postcolonial Theory, 1996, Arnold
Graham Huggan, Critical Perspectives on J.M. Coetzee, 1996, MacMillan
Nalini Natarajan, Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literature of India, 1996, Westport, Connecticut Greenwood Press
Jaina C. Sanga, Salman Rushdie's Postcolonial Metaphors, 2001, Westport, Connecticut Greenwood Press
M.K. Booker, The Caribbean Novel in English: An Introduction, 2001, Portsmouth, NH Heinemann |
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