Postcolonial Literature

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“Postcolonial literature” refers to writing that emerged following the overthrow or withdrawal of European colonial regimes from the developing world around the mid-twentieth century. In conjunction with African and Caribbean authors such as Walcott, Achebe, Rhys, and Césaire, the course will also address these works’ relation to key “first-world” texts that depict Europe’s incursions in Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean, such as Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Shakespeare’s The Tempest.