Universität Wien

128303 AR Theory (MA) (2019S)

From Decolonisation to Globalisation: An Introduction to Postcolonial Thinking

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 07.03. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 14.03. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 21.03. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 28.03. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 04.04. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 11.04. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 02.05. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 09.05. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 16.05. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 23.05. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 06.06. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 13.06. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Donnerstag 27.06. 08:00 - 10:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course will introduce students to key works of Francophone and Anglophone postcolonial thinkers, theoretical debates concerning colonial and postcolonial literary texts.

The purposes of this course are threefold: 1) to locate the origins of postcolonial theory 2) to become familiar with the postcolonial critical method – its concepts and terms; 3) to gain an overview of the peculiar stylistics of colonial violence, the phenomenology and discourses it operated with.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Regular attendance; regular preparation of assigned reading material; active participation in class; written assignments, oral presentation, end-term paper.

Students must attain at least 60% to pass this course.
No more than two lessons may be missed.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Students have to fulfil all course requirements (each with at least 50%) and to score at least 60 points altogether to pass this course.

10 Points (Max.) Classroom Discussion
10 Points (Max.) Oral Presentation
20 Points (Max.) Weekly assignments (10+10)
20 Points (Max.) Mid-term paper on Foe (2000 words)
40 Points (Maximum) Final Paper on Wide Sargasso Sea (2500 words)
Grading scale:
1: 100-91p
2: 90-81p
3: 80-71p
4: 70-60p
5: 59-0p

Prüfungsstoff

Texts and contents covered throughout the semester. Participants are expected to read all set texts plus the additional secondary/theoretical material provided on the moodle platform; they are also expected to engage in autonomous research, to offer a critical and reflective analysis of texts and concepts.

Literatur

J.M. Coetzee's Foe (1986)
Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)

Further texts will be made available on moodle.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: MA 844;
Code/Modul: MA3;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0192

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33