Prayer Elmo Raj the claims of canonical universalisms to situate experiences and identities those are specific and poignant for the expression of the other in a language, metaphor and expression of their own with renewed discourse pushing beyond the monolithic binarial opposites both for the author and the audience.
The hybrid text is a volatile mixture of parts that work against, within, and among one another and it is fraught with tensions and conflicts. However, these very qualities offer transformative possiblities for reading, interpretation appreciation, politics and pedagogy xiv. Culture is becomes active paving the literature that emerges from its bosom to be a cultural transactive.
Beyond being innovative in the spectacular literary forms and new methods of presenting the personal, particular and precise rapport with the domineering milieu, postcolonial literature offers an intervention catering to the creative and critical psyche of the author and audience alike. Language induces the colonial past methodizing a discourse of identity in the postcolonial discursive vacuity replicating the interest, identity and experiences of nation, community, cultural value of the other.
How can the speaking unitary subject convey and perform the multiple, which can also include contraries? How, also, do we make the moment of representation of count—that is, how do we put it to work and in this sense enable it to intervene, thus calling up its second meaning of representation by?
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Albany: State University of New York, Pratt, Mary Louise. Imperial Eyes. Travel Writing and Transculturation. Ernest Morrell. Download PDF. A short summary of this paper. Introduction to Postcolonial Literature and Literary Theory.
What does it mean to read from a Eurocentric perspective, both in terms of our selections of texts and our interpretations of texts?
How do traditional readings of the word and the world reinforce racial and cultural hierarchies? Which authors and thinkers best help us to theorize the role of culture in the reproduction of structural, racial and gender inequality?
And how do these novelists, playwrights, poets, activists, and cultural theorists help us to better reimagine a more equitable and humanizing pedagogy of st reading, writing, and multimodal production in the 21 Century?
This class is intended to serve as a general introduction to postcolonial literature and theory. Toward that end, we will be reading a number of the most influential theorists of Postcolonialism as well as some of the novels that have been of particular importance to debates and discussions in the field.
This course begins with the premise that a study of postcolonial theories and a growing body of literature from subaltern perspectives can help the discipline of English to diversify its canon and add a robust theory of race, culture, imperialism, and intersectionality to its intellectual discourse.
I will not accept assignments that are more than a week late, and I will consider requests for extensions only if there is a serious reason for the request supported by a signed medical, legal, or other authoritative document. Assignments must be printed out and are considered due at the beginning of class on the date assigned. Attendance Attendance and participation are important parts of learning in this class. Only absences permitted by University policy and verified as per section 3.
Students with Disabilities Any student who has a documented disability and is registered with Disability Services should speak with the professor as soon as possible regarding accommodations. Because we expect everyone to complete the class readings and come prepared for discussion, we will not have reading responses. This will give more time for individual writing projects. As such, preparing for class discussions will rely on students and instructors thinking deeply about assigned readings—developing defensible interpretations, negotiating meanings, and drawing connections to other works, concepts, or phenomena.
What this means is that the group in charge will come with a set of activities and questions to get the class involved in the reading for the session. Activities and discussions should last minutes. One essay will ask you to use authors and ideas from the course to analyze a text from the traditional British or American canon and the second essay will ask you to draw upon the course readings to analyze contemporary cultural artifacts of your own choosing.
You are not required to but you may submit a draft or a fragment of your papers up to 2 weeks prior to the due date and I will return your draft within a week.
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