This module introduces students to a range of fictional and critical texts produced in the field of
Postcolonial Studies. Moving across different geographical areas affected by colonialism in the
nineteenth and early twentieth century, the module examines texts memorialising histories of political
subjugation in the first semester. In the second semester, students will read about nation-formation in
the period of decolonisation. Issues addressed in the module may include: displacement and
migration; agency, identity and resistance; race, culture and difference; tradition and modernity; and
the function of postcolonial texts.
