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Samuel Selvon,The Lonley Londoners
Tomson Highway, The Rez Sisters
Padmini Mongia, ed., Contemporary Postcolonial Theory Reader
Victor Ramraj, A Concert of Voices
* A survey of "International Literature" including shortstories, poems, a play and novels.
* An understanding of how International Literature and Post Colonial Literature are classified and how the texts we study fit into these categories
During the Winter Term we shall explore three novels. Although no new theory will be introduced, we will be applying the theory for the fall semester to these new texts. Once again, there will be class discussion as well as journaling and one essay assignment.
Students will be responsible for gathering research related to three of the longer selections and three of the shorter selections either in the library or on the internet. This can be anything from a critique of the text or information about the author, to information on the country of that novel or shorter selection.
Students will also be required to write one essay in each semester. In the fall term, students may write on one of the selections that we cover in class, or he/she can chose another selection for the anthology. The second essay will be on one of the novels. Student may wish to apply a certain theory to the essay. However, essay topics must be submitted to one of the instructors either in person or via email.
As mentioned above, students will also be responsible for doing some research on three of the anthology selections (your choice) that we cover in class and on each of the novels. This is not intended to be a highly labour intensive assignment. The research will be due on the first day that we study the text. It is to insure that you will have something to add to our class discussions of the texts we are studying. You will get full marks for these assignments as long as you do them and there is some evidence of serious effort.
Yes, instructors often disagree!
