ENGL 680
Post-Colonial Texts
Winter 2027 · ENGL 680 LEC B1: Postcolonial Texts - Being Black: Theories of Presence; O. Okome · Course preview · Future term
Topics
- Blackness and representation
- African romance
- Postcolonial resistance
Readings
- Wallace, Edgar. Sanders of the River.
- Cary, Joyce. Mister Johnson.
- Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness.
- Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart.
- Soyinka, Wole. Death and the King’s Horseman. Norton edition.
- Fugard, Athol. “Master Harold”… and the Boys.
- Coetzee, J. M. Disgrace.
- Morrison, Toni. The Origin of Others. Harvard University Press, 2017.
- Boehme, Elleke [as printed]. Colonial and Postcolonial Literature. Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Garuba, Harry. “Race in Africa: Four Epigraphs and a Commentary.” PMLA 5, 2008, 1640–1648.
- Dirlik, Arif. “Race Talk, Race and Contemporary Racism.” PMLA 5, 2008, 1363–1379.
- Lockley, Timothy. “Race and Slavery.” The University Warrick Project [as listed].
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- ENGL 567 LEC A1: Literary History - Mysticism, Hunger, and the Irish Gothic; R. Brazeau ↗2026
- ENGL 680 Post-Colonial Texts · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
- Published preview for a future term as of retrieval; reading choices may change.