Postcolonial-Studies

Paper 203: The Postcolonial Studies

Unit 1 - Franz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth 

Unit 2 - J.M. Coetzee's Foe 

Unit 3 - Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea 

Unit 4 - 1) Globalization and the Future of Postcolonial Studies – Ania Loomba – Colonialism/Postcolonialism – 2nd Edition

2) Future of Postcolonial Studies – Ania Loomba – Colonialism/Postcolonialism - 3rd Edition 

Unit 1 - Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth

Key Facts about the Wretched of the Earth

Summary

Characters in The Wretched of the Earth

Colonialism, Racism and Violence in The Wretched of Earth

Oppression and Mental Health in The Wretched of the Earth

Capitalism, Socialism and The Third World in The Wretched of the Earth

Decolonization, Neocolonialism, and Social Class

Culture and the Emerging Nation

Important Terms 

Question Bank

Quiz - Check your Understanding

Unit 2 - J M Coetzee's Foe

Foe - Introduction - Background - Summary - Overview

J. M. Coetzee - Introduction

J. M. Coetzee's Foe and the Embodiment of Meaning 

Comparison of characters - Foe and Robinson Crusoe

Intertextuality and the non-English literary traditions in J.M. Coetzee’s Foe 

Construction and Deconstruction of Imagined Community—A Comparative Study of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and J. M. Coetzee’s Foe in Light of Nationalism 

Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe as colonial imagination and Coetzee’s Foe as its postcolonial deconstruction.

Marginalization in Coetzee's Foe

Postcolonial reading - Foe

Metafiction in Foe

Quiz - Check your understanding here

Question bank - Foe

Unit 3 - Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea 

Wide Sargasso Sea - Introduction - Background - Summary

Jean Rhys - Introduction

Characters - Antoinette  - Mr. Rochester - Christophine

Jane Eyre - Introduction and summary

Racism in Wide Sargasso Sea

The Hysterical Female, Pluralist Truth and Postcolonialism in Wide Sargasso Sea

Notes on Wide Sargasso Sea

Quiz - Check your understanding here

Question bank

Presentations:

1. Critical analysis of Wide Sargasso Sea

2. Overall analysis of Wide Sargasso Sea

Video Lecture on Wide Sargasso Sea

Unit 4 -

• Postcolonial Studies: An Introduction

• What is postcolonial studies? (M H Abrams)

• What is postcolonial criticism? (Peter Barry)

• What do postcolonial critics do? (with example)

• Globalization and the Future of Postcolonial Studies (Ania Loomba - 2nd Ed. of Colonialism/Postcolonialism)

  • (a) Simplified version of the above article

  • (b) Globalization and Fiction - Article with examples

• The Future of Postcolonial Studies (Ania Loomba - 3rd Ed. of Colonialism/Postcolonialism)

  • (a) Postcolonial Studies in the Anthropocene: Bridging Perspectives for a Sustainable Future 

• Postcolonial Studies and Bollywood

• Online Quiz: Check your understanding

• Questions

Video Resources

1. Postcolonial Studies: Introduction 1

2. Postcolonial Studies: Introduction 2

3. Postcolonial Criticism: 1

4. Postcolonial Criticism: 2

5. Postcolonial Criticism: 3

6. Era of Darkness - Shashi Tharoor

7. Dangers of One Story: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

8. Discussion on Ashutosh Gowariker's Lagaan

9. Discussion on Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Rang De Basanti

10. Nation and Hybridity: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children