Unit information: Postcolonial Imaginings in 2008/09

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Unit name Postcolonial Imaginings
Unit code ENGLM3024
Credit points 20
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. Punter
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of English
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit introduces students to something of the range and depth of postcolonial writing in the last fifty years. Relevant materials will include fiction and poetry, and there will also be opportunities to discover something about the current preoccupations of postcolonial criticism and theory.