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Lecturers: Flaminia Nicora; Stefano Rozzoni
Course code: 13239
- Seleccionar actividad Lecturer's Board
  
  Lecturer's Board Foro
- Seleccionar actividad Dear Students,The 9 CFU course "POSTCOLONIAL LITER...
  
  Dear Students,
  The 9 CFU course "POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH" (code 13281) consists of two parts, taught by Prof. Flaminia Nicora (3 CFU) and Dr. Stefano Rozzoni (6 CFU), respectively.
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  Dr. Rozzoni’s section will begin on November 12. Classes will be held on:
  Tuesdays: 12:00 - 3:00 pm
  Thursdays: 4:00 - 7:00 pm
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  During the first session, I will provide you with all the necessary information regarding the organization of the course, materials, exam, etc.
  Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me: stefano.rozzoni@unibg.it
- Seleccionar actividad List of Required and Recommended Texts for the Exa...
  
  List of Required and Recommended Texts for the Exam / Lista dei testi di riferimento OBBLIGATORI e CONSIGLIATI per l'esame
- Seleccionar actividad Texts for the exam (please click on the LINK)
  
  Texts for the exam (please click on the LINK) URL
- Seleccionar actividad Feel free to use the Forum as a space for open dis...
  
  Feel free to use the Forum as a space for open discussion among course participants, where you can share materials, reflections, and opinions. Click on the link below, create a topic, or contribute by responding to conversations started by your peers.
- Seleccionar actividad Forum - Collaborative space for students
  
  Forum - Collaborative space for students Foro
- Seleccionar actividad Module B (6 CF) - Lecturer: Stefano Rozzoni(Dis-)O...
  
  Module B (6 CF) - Lecturer: Stefano Rozzoni
  (Dis-)Orientation in Contemporary Anglophone Literature through Postcolonial Studies
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Lesson #1 - November 12
- Seleccionar actividad Reading assignment:From Paul Poplawski, Engli...
  
  Reading assignment:
  From Paul Poplawski, English Literature in Context, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017)
  - 645-655 (Postcolonial Literature in English, Historical overview)
- Seleccionar actividad Lesson 1_Excerpts
  
  Lesson 1_Excerpts Archivo
- Seleccionar actividad Newspaper Articles
  
  Newspaper Articles Archivo
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Lesson #2 - November 14
- Seleccionar actividad Reading assignment:Primary Texts- Gayatri Cha...
  
  Reading assignment:
  Primary Texts
  - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's "Can the Subaltern Speak?" (1988) - online (especially pp. 76-86)
  
  Secondary Texts
  From Paul Poplawski, English Literature in Context, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017)
  - pp. 479 - 496 (The Twentieth Century, 1901-1939; Historical context)
  - pp. 512-519 (The position of Women)
- Seleccionar actividad Chronology_The Victorian Age (Poplawski 365-368)
  
  Chronology_The Victorian Age (Poplawski 365-368) Archivo
- Seleccionar actividad Chronology_The Twentieth Century
  
  Chronology_The Twentieth Century Archivo
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Lesson #3 - November 19
- Seleccionar actividad Reading Assignment:Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One...
  
  Reading Assignment:
  Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" (1929) - online (especially pp. 4-21; 34-48;)
- Seleccionar actividad Virginia Woolf - Essential Biography (University of Alabama in Huntsville)
  
  Virginia Woolf - Essential Biography (University of Alabama in Huntsville) URL
- Seleccionar actividad Optional readings (connected to the talk of our gu...
  
  Optional readings (connected to the talk of our guest speaker: Dr. Maria Jordet)
- Seleccionar actividad Jordet, M., Gullestad, S. E., & Haavind, H. (2022). When singing strengthens the capacity to aspire: girls’ reflexivity in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Critical Realism, 22(1), 7–26.
  
  Jordet, M., Gullestad, S. E., & Haavind, H. (2022). When singing strengthens the capacity to aspire: girls’ reflexivity in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Critical Realism, 22(1), 7–26. URL
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Lesson #4 - November 21
- Seleccionar actividad Assigned reading (listening):Kabe Wilson, Intervie...
  
  Assigned reading (listening):
  Kabe Wilson, Interview on Of One Woman Or So by Olivia N'Gowfri
- Seleccionar actividad 'Of One Woman or So' interview
  
  'Of One Woman or So' interview URL
- Seleccionar actividad 'Olivia N'Gowfri - Of One Woman Or So' (Stuart Hall Library Research Network Symposium)
  
  'Olivia N'Gowfri - Of One Woman Or So' (Stuart Hall Library Research Network Symposium) URL
- Seleccionar actividad Kabe Wilson_Excerpts from "Of One Woman or So".pdf
  
  Kabe Wilson_Excerpts from "Of One Woman or So".pdf Archivo
- Seleccionar actividad Optional extra readings:Kalen M. A. Churcher,&nbsp...
  
  Optional extra readings:
  Kalen M. A. Churcher, STOKELY CARMICHAEL, "BLACK POWER", Voices of Democracy 4 (2009): 132‐148 (Accessible: https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/churcher-carmichael.pdf)
  Wilson, K., Friedman, S. S., Marie, C., Latham, M., & Rigeade, A.-L. (2022). "Of Words, Worlds and Woolf: Recycling A Room of One’s Own into Of One Woman or So. In Recycling Virginia Woolf" in Contemporary Art and Literature (1st ed., pp. 55–85). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144649-3
  Jones, Danell, The Girl Prince: Virginia Woolf, Race and the Dreadnought Hoax, Hurst, 2023.
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Lesson #5 - November 26
- Seleccionar actividad Assigned reading:- Homi Bhabha, K. The Location of...
  
  Assigned reading:
  - Homi Bhabha, K. The Location of Culture, London: Routledge, 1994, pp. 1-18 (Introduction). You can find a free access copy HERE. (Optional additional reading: Chapter 3, pp. 66-84)
  Amitav Ghosh, The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis, 2021 (full text)
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Lesson #6 - November 28
- Seleccionar actividad Assigned reading:- Amitav Ghosh, The Nut...
  
  Assigned reading:
  - Amitav Ghosh, The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis, 2021 (full text)
- Seleccionar actividad Assignment: Hybridity in A. Ghosh's first chapters (GoogleDoc)
  
  Assignment: Hybridity in A. Ghosh's first chapters (GoogleDoc) URL
- Seleccionar actividad Assignment - by L. Chies
  
  Assignment - by L. Chies Archivo
- Seleccionar actividad Recording: A conversation with Dr. Sayan Dey (Byron College, Oman). Topic: decoloniality
  
  Recording: A conversation with Dr. Sayan Dey (Byron College, Oman). Topic: decoloniality URL
- Seleccionar actividad Access code to Zoom Recording: 71?M@eH2
  
  Access code to Zoom Recording: 71?M@eH2
- Seleccionar actividad "The Saffronization of Public Knowledge in India" by Sayan Dey
  
  "The Saffronization of Public Knowledge in India" by Sayan Dey Archivo
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Lesson #7 - December 3
- Seleccionar actividad Reading assignment:- Make sure that you have read ...
  
  Reading assignment:
  - Make sure that you have read A. Ghosh's The Nutmeg's Curse (full text)
- Seleccionar actividad A. Ghosh's "The Nutmeg's Curse" - Chapter 1
  
  A. Ghosh's "The Nutmeg's Curse" - Chapter 1 Archivo
- Seleccionar actividad Assignment_Submission: Hybridity as a narrative technique in A. Ghosh "The Nutmeg's Curse"
  
  Assignment_Submission: Hybridity as a narrative technique in A. Ghosh "The Nutmeg's Curse" Tarea
  
  Apertura: viernes, 29 de noviembre de 2024, 00:00
  
  Cierre: martes, 3 de diciembre de 2024, 11:59
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Lesson #8 - December 5 (16:00 - 18:00)
- Seleccionar actividad Assigned reading:- Frantz Fanon, The Wre...
  
  Assigned reading:
  - Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth. New York: Grove Press, 1968 [1961] (Accessible HERE): Selected passages: pp. 35-41.
  - Paul Poplawski, 655-665 (The Scramble for Africa)
  Recommended reading (NOT mandatory for the exam):
  - Preface by Jean-Paul Sartre (Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth).
  - The Uncanny by Sigmund Freud (1919) (Accessible HERE)
- Seleccionar actividad Assignment_Hybridity in a Chapter of your choice from A. Ghosh's "The Nutmeg's Curse"
  
  Assignment_Hybridity in a Chapter of your choice from A. Ghosh's "The Nutmeg's Curse" URL
- Seleccionar actividad Vanessa Kisuule, Hollow (2020)
  
  Vanessa Kisuule, Hollow (2020) Archivo
- Seleccionar actividad Bibliography (Edward Colston's Cultural Heritage)
  
  Bibliography (Edward Colston's Cultural Heritage) Archivo
- Seleccionar actividad Documentary: "The Felling of Colston" by Arthur Cauty
  
  Documentary: "The Felling of Colston" by Arthur Cauty URL
- Seleccionar actividad Recommended (not mandatory)
  
  Recommended (not mandatory)
- Seleccionar actividad Documentary - "The Colston Four" by Arthur Cauty
  
  Documentary - "The Colston Four" by Arthur Cauty URL
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Lesson #9 - December 10
- Seleccionar actividad Assigned reading:- Frantz Fanon, The Wre...
  
  Assigned reading:
  
  - Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth. New York: Grove Press, 1968 [1961] (Accessible HERE): Selected passages: "Colonial War and Mental Disorder" + "Series A": pp. 249-269.
  
  - Chris Cleave, The Other Hand, London: Sceptre, 2008 (FULL TEXT)
Seleccionar sección Lesson #10 - December 12 (16:00 - 18:00)

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Lesson #10 - December 12 (16:00 - 18:00)
- Seleccionar actividad Assigned reading:Chris Cleave, The Other Hand...
  
  Assigned reading:
  
  Chris Cleave, The Other Hand, London: Sceptre, 2008 (Selected chapters)
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Lesson #11 - December 17
From: 12:00 to 1:30 with Stefano Rozzoni (Chris Cleave's "The Other Hand")
From: 1:30 to 3:00 with Flaminia Nicora and Stefano Rozzoni (Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart")
- Seleccionar actividad Assigned reading:Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
  
  Assigned reading:
  
  Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
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Lesson #12 - December 19
From: 4:00 to 6:00 with Flaminia Nicora and Stefano Rozzoni (Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart")
- Seleccionar actividad Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
  
  Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart