Post-Colonial Lit Theologica

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course examines the religious and decolonial dimensions of Richard Wright's latter work, paying particular attention to his critiques of race, empire, and global liberation from colonization. Famous for his works: Native Son (1940) and Black Boy (1945), Wright was also a keen observer of international decolonial events, particularly through his later works such as Black Power, Pagan Spain, The Color Curtain, and White Man, Listen!. This course will explore how Wright's political thought evolved, shifted, and was challenged by his response to and involvement in global decolonization movements. This course will also engage with his thoughts on Traditional African Religions, Catholicism, Pan-Africanism, Marxism, and existentialism, and his critiques of Western imperialism.