Undergraduate Course: Postcolonial Pacific Writing (ENLI10196)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
English Literature |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/Honours/FourthYear/4thYear_Home.htm |
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| Course description |
This course will explore a range of colonial and postcolonial writing of the Pacific region. We will begin by considering Euro-American discursive representations of Pacific peoples, focusing in particular on the Pacific writings of Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London, before examining a variety of poetry and prose by indigenous writers of the Pacific region. Particular areas of interest will include the following: dominant tropes in Euro-American discursive representations of Pacific Islanders since the late eighteenth century; representations of the 'Polynesian body' in literature, film and advertising; the impact of colonialism and neo-colonialism upon the indigenous cultures and literatures of the South Pacific; gender and sexuality in Pacific writing; and the relationship between 'oral' and 'written' modes of expression in indigenous Pacific writing. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Seminar | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Room 2.05, Appleton Tower. |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s): attendance for one hour a week at Autonomous Learning Group at time to be arranged. |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students will learn to analyse selected texts within both 'global' and 'local' cultural and theoretical frameworks, investigating ways in which Pacific writing and criticism intersect with international postcolonial writing and theory. They will be able to evaluate how these texts are inflected by the unique cultural politics of the Pacific region. |
Assessment Information
1 essay of 2,500 words (25%);
1 examination essay of 3,000 words (75%) |
Special Arrangements
| Numbers are limited, with priority given to students taking degrees involving English or Scottish Literature and Visiting Students placed by the Admissions Office. Students not in these categories need the written approval of the Head of English Literature before enrolling. In the case of excess applications places will be decided by ballot. |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Michelle Keown
Tel: (0131 6)50 6856
Email: michelle.keown@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Anne Mason
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Anne.Mason@ed.ac.uk |
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