Postcolonialism: English Literature

Postcolonialism: English Literature, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 4.55, with 32 lectures, based on 58 reviews, and has 249 subscribers.

You will learn about This course will introduce you to postcolonialism, postcolonial literature and theory and provide analytical skills that you can use Basic Knowledge of Postcolonialism Basic debates of Postcolonial Studies Extra Resources about poatcolonailism This course is ideal for individuals who are This is an ideal course for English majors and minors and all those interested in reading and understanding world literatures. It is particularly useful for This is an ideal course for English majors and minors and all those interested in reading and understanding world literatures.

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Summary

Title: Postcolonialism: English Literature

Price: $44.99

Average Rating: 4.55

Number of Lectures: 32

Number of Published Lectures: 32

Number of Curriculum Items: 32

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 32

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

This course will introduce you to postcolonialism, postcolonial literature and theory and provide analytical skills that you can use
Basic Knowledge of Postcolonialism
Basic debates of Postcolonial Studies
Extra Resources about poatcolonailism

Who Should Attend

This is an ideal course for English majors and minors and all those interested in reading and understanding world literatures.

Target Audiences

This is an ideal course for English majors and minors and all those interested in reading and understanding world literatures.

This course will introduce you to the field of postcolonial literature and theory, which deals with the literary texts and art produced by the people of former European colonies. Included also in the course is a thorough explanation of the works of major theorists of postcolonialism, a brief history of postcolonial responses to the European colonization, and a discussion of the major debates within the field of postcolonial studies.

This course will be exceptionally useful to you if you are taking a course (undergraduate or graduate) on postcolonialism.

What you will Learn

A clear discussion of postcolonialism as a concept and as a field of study.
Introduction to some major postcolonial authors.
Introduction to some major postcolonial theorists.
Application of these ideas and this knowledge to the real-life situations.

Relevance to Today’s World

No matter what your field of study or your profession, in this increasingly globalized world, one needs finely-honed habits and skills of cross-cultural understanding. This course will enable you to develop these cross cultural critical skills.

Please also note that at the bottom of the course syllabus page, I have added additional materials that link to my YouTube channel. These materials are not required for the course but you are likely to expand your knowledge if you spend some time watching these additional video resources.

Besides the video lectures, the course includes textual resources, links to longer and more detailed videos, and links to the resources on my website. I am also open to any suggestions that you might have and would incorporate them as and when I revise this course. So, please feel free to reach out to me through the course messaging system with your questions, queries, and suggestions.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introductory Materials

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Course

Lecture 2: Please Help Make this Course Even Betetr!

Chapter 2: Theory and Theorists

Lecture 1: What is Postcolonialism?

Lecture 2: Frantz Fanon: Postcolonial Precursor

Lecture 3: Edward Said

Lecture 4: Gayatri Spivak

Lecture 5: Homi Bhabha

Lecture 6: Orienatlism

Lecture 7: Webinar, Postcolonialism, Part 1

Lecture 8: Webinar, Postcolonialism, Part 2

Lecture 9: Subaltern Studies

Chapter 3: Primary and Secondary Texts

Lecture 1: Kipling: The White Man's Burden

Lecture 2: Achebe: "An Image of Africa"

Lecture 3: Fanon: Excerpt from Black Skin White Masks

Lecture 4: Fanon: Excerpt from The Wretched of the Earth

Lecture 5: CHinweizu: Excerpt from Decolonizing the African Mind

Lecture 6: Ngugi wa Thiong'O: Creating Space for a Hundred Flowers to Bloom

Lecture 7: The Scramble for Africa

Lecture 8: Mahmoud Darwish: Identity Card

Lecture 9: Jean Rhys: "Wide Sargasso Sea (adapted from my YouTube Channel)

Lecture 10: Ngugi wa Thiong'O. "Devil on the Cross." (adapted from my YouTube Channel)

Lecture 11: Buchi Emecheta: "The Joys of Motherhood." (adapted from my YouTube Channel)

Chapter 4: Articles

Lecture 1: Introduction to Articles Section

Lecture 2: McClintock, Anne. The Angel of Progress: Pitfalls of the Term “Post-Colonialism”

Lecture 3: Shohat, Ella. Notes on the “Post-colonial.”

Lecture 4: Arif Dirlik: "The Postcolonial Aura."

Lecture 5: Reader (A Selection of Texts)

Chapter 5: Additional Materials

Lecture 1: Introduction: Additional Materials Section

Lecture 2: Can the Subaltern Speak? (Part 1)

Lecture 3: Can the Subaltern Speak? (Part 2)

Lecture 4: Can the Subaltern Speak? (Part 3)

Lecture 5: Can the Subaltern Speak? (Part 4)

Instructors

Dr. Masood Raja
Teacher | Writer| Humanities Scholar| Certified LIFE Coach

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