AJ3DC_POST Postcolonial Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
20th century British literature
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
introduction to post-colonial literatures in English, focus on selected issues and geographical areas
Syllabus
  • Témata/Topics: 1. úvod do postkoloniální teorie/introduction to PoCo theory 2. základní témata v postkoloniální literatuře/ basic themes in PoCo lit. 3. oblast Indie/ the area of India 4. Austrálie a Oceánie/ the area of Australia and the Pacific 5. Afrika/Africa 6. Hegemonie/hegemony 7. jazyk/language 8. místo a vysídlení/place and displacement 9. shrnutí/conclusion
Literature
  • TIFFIN, Helen, Gareth GRIFFITHS and Bill ASHCROFT. The empire writes back : theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. London: Routledge, 1989, viii, 246. ISBN 0-415-01208-2. info
  • The post-colonial studies reader. Edited by Helen Tiffin - Gareth Griffiths - Bill Ashcroft. London: Routledge, 1995, xvii, 526. ISBN 0415096227. info
  • PROCHÁZKA, Martin and Zdeněk STŘÍBRNÝ. Slovník spisovatelů :anglická literatura, africké literatury v angličtině, australská literatura, indická literatura v angličtině, irská literatura, kanadská literatura v angličtině, karibská literatura v angličtině, novozélandská lite. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1996, 756 s. ISBN 80-85983-04-4. info
Assessment methods
attendance and activity/ docházka a aktivita v hodinách tasks and presentations/ úkoly a prezentace a paper on a selected theme in contemporary post-colonial literature/ referát na vybrané téma ze současné postkoloniální literatury
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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