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
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
Capitalism, Socialism and The Third World in The Wretched of the Earth
Decolonization, Neocolonialism, and Social Class
Culture and the Emerging Nation
Quiz - Check your Understanding
Unit 2 - J M Coetzee's Foe
Foe - Introduction - Background - Summary - Overview
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
Marginalization in Coetzee's Foe
Quiz - Check your understanding here
Unit 3 - Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea - Introduction - Background - Summary - Overview
Characters - Antoinette - Mr. Rochester - Christophine
Jane Eyre - Introduction and summary
Feminist literary criticism of Wide Sargasso Sea
Quiz - Check your understanding here
Presentations:
Unit 4 -
What is postcolonial studies? (M H Abrams)
What is postcolonial criticism? (Peter Barry)
What do postcolonial critics do? (with example)
The Future of Postcolonial Studies (Ania Loomba - 3rd Ed. of Colonialism/Postcolonialism)