This course introduces students to the work of authors from formerly colonized nations in the Caribbean, Africa, and South Asia. Focusing primarily, though not exclusively, on prose fiction, we will examine how postcolonial writers engage with issues of national identity and decolonization; negotiate the competing imperatives of English and vernacular literary traditions; and formulate both personal and collective strategies of self-representation. Possible texts include Chinua Achebe,听Things Fall Apart, Joseph Conrad,听Heart of Darkness, V.S. Naipaul,听A Bend in听the River, Wole Soyinka,听Death and the King鈥檚 Horseman, Ayi Kwei Armah,听罢丑别听Beautyful听Ones Are Not Yet Born, Jamaica Kincaid,听A Small Place, Titsi Dangarembga,听Nervous Conditions, and Chris Abani,听Graceland.
Same as ETHN 2761