Postcolonial Texts

FaculteitFaculty of Humanities

NiveauBachelor

Studiejaar2026-2027

Beschrijving

Course goals

At the end of this course, students will:

be able to analyze literary texts through a set of key terms and concepts within the field of ‘postcolonial’ studies;
become familiar with a number of postcolonial authors who engage with issues of aesthetics and politics;
become familiar with a set of critical and conceptual approaches to the interpretation of postcolonial texts.

Content

In this course we will study literatures from formerly colonised nations in their historical and cultural contexts. Each week, we will examine central concepts, questions, and debates in postcolonial studies and explore different geographic regions ((South) Africa, the Caribbean, India, South America, Australia). The course examines issues of race, gender, class, the violent legacies of slavery and colonialism through the lens of literary texts. At the end of the course, students will be able to identify and discuss key postcolonial authors and texts in their historical and cultural contexts, problematise central concepts within the field of postcolonial studies and engage with postcolonial reading and critical methods.

Additional information

This is the first course in the specialisation Literature across Borders and in the minor Postcolonial Studies.

This course has priority rules and a waiting list. Your enrolment is guaranteed if you are:

a student in the BA Literary Studies enrolled in the specialisation Literature across Borders.
a student in the BA TCS enrolled in the hoofdrichting Moderne letterkunde.
a student in the BA TCS enrolled in the hoofdrichting Postcolonial and Gender Studies.
a student enrolled in the minor Postcolonial Studies.
an exchange student and meet the course’s entry requirements.

In all other situations, you will be placed on a waiting list if you enrol in this course. For any remaining slots in the course, lots are drawn among the students on the waiting list. 

LAS and TCS students who follow this course as part of the core curriculum of their major, need to complete a compulsory preparation course/assignment. See for more information: https://tcs.sites.uu.nl/.

This course is equivalent to:
Postcolonial Theory (TL3V14113)

If you have already completed this course, you may not take Postcolonial Texts due to too much overlap in content.

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