An annotated bibliography 1,500 words (20%) Learning Outcomes: 1,3,6.
A mid-year essay of 1,500 words (20%) Learning Outcomes: 1, 3, 5, 6.
An end of year essay of 4,000 words (60%) learning Outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5,6.

Key Information Set:
100% coursework

This module deals with postcolonial literature and theory. The legacy of imperialism in (ex-)colonised cultures is fundamental to our study, but the main focus here is the role that literature and culture can play in resisting that legacy and helping in the construction of new, 'postcolonial' identities. We will focus upon a variety of (ex-)colonial contexts and literatures in order to examine both this issue and also, in turn, the problems posed to these 'national identities' by factors such as class, gender and migrancy. Primary texts may include works such as:
The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
In a Free State – V.S.Naipaul
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
Gardening in the Tropics – Olive Senior

Contact teaching will be a mix of lecture, workshop and small-group discussion. Students will be expected to work both independently (on research and preparation for both classes and assessments) and as part of a team (on some class exercises and presentation work).

Key Information Set:
10% scheduled learning and teaching activities
90% guided independent study

PC Projector
Video
Library
Internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Secondary critical and theoretical works will be selected from a 'reader' such as:
Ashcroft et al (eds) (2006) The Post-Colonial Studies Reader. 2nd edition. London: Routledge.

1. DEMONSTRATE DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF KEY ISSUES AND AN ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN KEY DEBATES AROUND POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE.
[Cultural Enquiry]
[Knowledge and Understanding]

2. DEMONSTRATE ADVANCED SKILLS OF TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AND AN ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT A COHERENT ARGUMENT IN RELATION TO THE LITERARY TEXTS OF TWO WRITERS FROM THE MODULE. [Analysis]

3. CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND APPLY SECONDARY, THEORETICAL MATERIAL. Analysis
[Problem Solving]

4. DRAW CONNECTIONS AND CONTRASTS ACROSS AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS. [Problem Solving]

5. COMMUNICATE AN ARGUMENT CLEARLY, PRECISELY AND ACCURATELY IN WRITING.
[Communication]

6. DEVELOP AND WORK INDEPENDENTLY ON A RESEARCH PROJECT.
[Reflection]