We will engage with contemporary debates about the legacies of European colonialism in a variety of literary and non-literary texts from across the globe. We will examine how cultural forms offer a radical resistance to colonial worldviews that are still very much prevalent today, and expand your expertise about the relationship between politics, culture, and imperialism. You will study how late twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels, poetry, and films open up debate about issues relating to globalisation, migration and national belonging, the climate crisis, criminalisation, and class-related exclusion. Connecting each week will be an analysis of writing from formerly colonised and settler colonial regions since the era of decolonisation that requires an attentive and critical engagement with shifting geopolitical world orders. You will also explore the distinctiveness of theoretical and critical categories such as postcolonialism, Indigeneity, World literature, and global literature.
Lecture 16, Workshop (amend and add rows below as necessary) 16, Lecture 16, Workshop 16
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On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1) Create original analyses of literary and/or non-literary texts with a detailed understanding of their cultural, political, and geographical contexts.
2) Comprehensively appraise the major concerns of contemporary literatures in relation to the disciplinary fields of postcolonialism, Indigenous studies, world literature, and global literature
3) Formulate independent judgements of the applicability of theoretical concepts to the study of literary and non-literary texts from across historical and geographical contexts.
4) Evaluate complex issues both systematically and creatively and communicate their conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
5) Demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional or equivalent level.
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