ENGL 227
Introduction to Postcolonial Studies
Spring 2017
Division I
Writing Skills Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed
AFR 227 / COMP 287
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
This course asks: What does the term “postcolonialism” mean? Is it a historical notion or an ideological term? When exactly does the ‘postcolonial’ begin? What are the theoretical and political implications of using such an umbrella term to designate the ensemble of writings and artworks by those subjects whose identities and histories have been shaped by the colonial encounter? We will situate the “postcolonial” historically, aesthetically, and conceptually across multiple time periods, geographic regions. We will read such authors as Rudyard Kipling, Salman Rushdie, Tsitsi Dangaremba, Chinua Achebe, and Jamaica Kincaid and work with such theorists as Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Stuart Hall, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak. The course will contribute to the College’s Exploring Diversity Initiative by examining cultural difference and distributions of power across the world during the colonial, postcolonial, and globalized eras.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 3968
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 3968
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
evaluation through participation in discussion and a class blog, and approximately 20 pages of writing distributed over four papers
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites:
a 100-level ENGL course, or a score of 5 on the AP English Literature exam, or a score of 6 or 7 on the Higher Level IB English exam
Enrollment Preferences:
first- and second-year students and English majors who have yet to take a Gateway course
Distributions:
Division I
Writing Skills Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes:
meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under ENGL or COMP; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under AFR
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
AFR 227 Division II COMP 287 Division I ENGL 227 Division I
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
AFR 227 Division II COMP 287 Division I ENGL 227 Division I
Attributes:
ENGL Criticism Courses
ENGL 200-level Gateway Courses
ENGL Literary Histories C
ENGL 200-level Gateway Courses
ENGL Literary Histories C
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ENGL 227 - 01 (S) SEM Introduction to Postcolonial
ENGL 227 - 01 (S) SEM Introduction to PostcolonialDivision I Writing Skills Exploring Diversity InitiativeNasia AnamTF 1:10 pm - 2:25 pm
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