Seminar on Postcolonial Literature

The study of texts written in English by authors from countries or territories that have experienced some form of colonization. Altogether, the production of literature through the influence of the West on the peoples of previously remote parts of the world is the subject of this course. This literature often addresses situations and problems encountered by the natives and their relationship to the colonizing country, how they adapt to the new culture, how they will continue under their own rule after independence, and how the postmodern global society affects their experience of culture. Such writers as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Bharati Mukherjee, and Haunani Kay Trask are included.