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World Literature in English (ENGL207)
Semester 2 / 2010

Texts

Midnight's Children!$!Salman Rushdie!$! !$!!$!
Nervous Conditions!$!Dangarembga!$! !$!!$!
Anthology Of Colonial And Postcolonial Short Fiction!$!Baldwin!$! !$!!$!
Things Fall Apart!$!Achebe!$! !$!!$!
No Great Mischief!$!Macleod!$! !$!!$!
y separately published work icon No Sugar Jack Davis , 1980 (Manuscript version)x400874 Z264453 1980 single work drama (taught in 21 units)
— Appears in: ドリーマーズ : ノー・シュガー 2006;

'The spirited story of the Millimurra family’s stand against government ‘protection’ policies in 1930s Australia.' (From the publisher's website.)

Description

This unit examines writing in English, or in English translation, from the formerly colonised nations or the world. It explores the rich literature generated by a confrontation with real political and global concerns, and the influence of more than one literary tradition on the formation of texts. Topics covered include: issues of authenticity; place and history; the crisis of identity in the post-colonial world; and national and cultural reconstruction. Indigenous writing in colonised nations and the writing of the post-colonial diaspora are also considered, in relation to concepts of disenfranchisement, memory, globalisation and exile.

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Levels: Undergraduate
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