Undergraduate Course: Decolonization and the Novel (ENLI10206)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | English Literature |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/honours/4year/index.htm |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course facilitates a critical engagement with the novel's role in decolonization struggles and in particular traces the politics of writing in English for an international range of novelists with regard to specific dynamics in Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean and ultimately contemporary Britain itself. The debilitations and enablements of writing in the language of one's supposed master will be considered. The course will also provide a theoretical analysis of key concepts in postcolonial criticism such as hybridity in gauging whether such positions are positive or negative conditions. |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students will gain an in depth knowledge of postcolonial fiction and will develop the necessary skills to analyse a range of decolonizing societies in their specificity and to garner an assured familiarity with key debates within postcolonial studies and theory. |
Assessment Information
| 1 essay of 2,500 words (25%); 1 take-away examination essay of 3,000 words (75%) |
Special Arrangements
| Numbers are limited to 15, with priority given to students taking degrees involving English or Scottish Literature and Visiting Students placed by the Admissions Office. Students not in these categories need the written approval of the Head of English Literature before enrolling. In the case of excess applications places will be decided by ballot. |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Aaron Kelly
Tel: (0131 6)50 3071
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Course secretary | Ms Sheila Strathdee
Tel: (0131 6)50 3619
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