A2MK_POLI Postcolonial literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Prerequisites
20th century British literature
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
introduction to post-colonial literatures in English, focus on selected issues and geographical areas
Syllabus
  • Témata/Topics: 1. úvod do postkoloniální teorie/introduction to PoCo theory 2. základní témata v postkoloniální literatuře/ basic themes in PoCo lit. 3. oblast Indie/ the area of India 4. Austrálie a Oceánie/ the area of Australia and the Pacific 5. Afrika/Africa 6. Hegemonie/hegemony 7. jazyk/language 8. místo a vysídlení/place and displacement 9. shrnutí/conclusion
Literature
  • The post-colonial studies reader. Edited by Helen Tiffin - Gareth Griffiths - Bill Ashcroft. London: Routledge, 1995, xvii, 526. ISBN 0415096227. info
  • TIFFIN, Helen, Gareth GRIFFITHS and Bill ASHCROFT. The empire writes back : theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. London: Routledge, 1989, viii, 246. ISBN 0-415-01208-2. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
attendance and activity/ docházka a aktivita v hodinách tasks and presentations/ úkoly a prezentace a paper on a selected theme in contemporary post-colonial literature/ referát na vybrané téma ze současné postkoloniální literatury
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
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