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    This document outlines the reading list for a postcolonial literatures course divided into 5 units. Each unit focuses on a theme and pairs theoretical readings with a novel or short stories that relate to the theme. The first unit examines discourses of resistance and includes readings on postcolonial theory from Bhabha and Gilroy along with the novel Bless Me, Ultima. The second unit reformulates nationhood through Rushdie's "Imaginary Homelands" essay and the novel Jasmine. The third addresses postcolonialism and feminism through Spivak, Mohanty and The Woman Warrior. The fourth analyzes diaspora, immigration and alienation through Brian McLeod and White Teeth. The

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    LITERATURAS POSCOLONIALES II

    EN LENGUA INGLESA
    2022-23

    READING LIST

    UNIT 1. DISCOURSES OF RESISTANCE IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES IN ENGLISH: IN


    SEARCH OF A VOICE OF THEIR OWN

    Theory:
    • Brian McLeod's Beginning Postcolonialism. Chapters 1 and 2
    • Extracts of critical work by Homi Bhabha and Paul Gilroy, included in the guide.

    Novel: Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima

    UNIT 2. REFORMULATING NATIONHOOD: IMAGINARY HOMELANDS AND BEYOND

    Theory:
    • Brian McLeod's Beginning Postcolonialism. Chapter 4
    • Extract from "Imaginary Homelands" by Salman Rushdie
    (ESSAY)
    Novel: Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine

    UNIT 3. THE DOUBLE OTHER: POSTCOLONIALISM AND FEMINISM

    Theory:
    • Brian McLeod's Beginning Postcolonialism. Chapter 6
    • Extracts of critical work by Gayatri C. Spivak and Chandra Talpade Mohanty

    Novel: Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior


    UNIT 4. THE FATE OF DIASPORA: WRITING IMMIGRATION AND ALIENATION

    Theory:

    • Brian McLeod's Beginning Postcolonialism. Chapter 7

    Novel: Zadie Smith's White Teeth

    UNIT 5. TRANSCULTURAL WRITINGS

    Theory:

    • Brian McLeod's Beginning Postcolonialism. Chapter 8


    • Extracts of critical work by Gloria Anzaldúa.

    Short stories by Sherman Alexie and Junot Díaz.

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