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Students will become familiar with all major issues in the field of Postcolonial Studies. Students will acquire a number of theoretical perspectives and will be able to apply them to the interpretation of literature and other forms of culture.
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Major developments in the field of Postcolonial Theory will be examined. We start from Said's observation that colonialism affected both the colonizing countries as well as the colonized peoples. As such, Postcolonial Theory provides a variety of methodological tools for analyzing literature and culture that are of special relevance in the age of globalization. We will focus on the development of a postcolonial consciousness, the implication of literature and other cultural forms in the colonizing process and as forms of resistance.
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This course is the first course in the World Literature specialisation and in the minor Postcolonial Studies.
LAS and TCS students who follow this course as part of the core curriculum of their major, need to complete a compulsory preparation course/assignment. See for more information: https://tcs.sites.uu.nl/
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