Key Concepts in Postcolonial Studies: Theories, Approaches, Methods - Einzelansicht

This seminar provides students enrolled in the British and Postcolonial Studies MA programme with a comprehensive introduction to the field of Postcolonial Studies. After an overview of the emergence of Postcolonial Studies as an academic discipline, and an introduction to eminent critics and influential works, students will engage with a selection of critical (by Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, Stuart Hall, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and others) as well as literary texts (from Shakespeare's The Tempest to Hanif Kureishi's "My Son the Fanatic") in order to explore key concepts in Postcolonial Studies (e.g. cultural identity, hybridity, Indigeneity, Orientalism and transculturality).

Texts:

• Texts will be made available via the Moodle course "Key Concepts in Postcolonial Studies"
• Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin. Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts. London: Routledge, 2013. (2^nd ed.) (recommended reading)