Thanks for enrolling in English 4553, Colonial & Postcolonial Literature. Consult your syllabus for details about the course and the reading schedule. Note that we will be reading our six books in pairs of two, each one focusing on a different colonial region starting with The Caribbean, and followed by Africa and India. Our first book is Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, which we will start next Tuesday (questions and readings to follow).
For THURSDAY: Be sure to read the two short essays I gave out in class, Rushdie's "Commonwealth Literature Does Not Exist," and Hulme's "Columbus and the Cannibals." If you missed class you will find the essays in the box on my door (336C). There are no questions for these essays; simply come to class ready to discuss them and consider how they relate to our discussion of colonialism.
I really, really look forward to sharing this class with you!
Thanks for putting this in blog form. I look forward to following along!
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