ENG-323 Postcolonial Studies
An intensive foundational study of colonial and
postcolonial African, Arab, Persian, South Asian,
and Caribbean literatures from 1800s to present,
with focus on anti-colonial movements and the
idealism of nationhood, euphoria of independence,
and the chaotic reality of failed or emergent
nation-states. Students will study the conflicted
and contradictory roles played by the architects
and visionaries of new postcolonial nations, the
construction and deconstruction of the colonized
man and of ethnic identities, and the
repercussions of neocolonialism.(Literature
Seminars)
Prerequisites: 200-level Introduction to Literary
Studies course (any version).