Home - ACU (The Australian Catholic University)

Site Navigation

ENGL223 Postcolonial Experiences

10 cp
Prerequisites 10 cp from 100-level unit in Literature
Teaching Organisation: This unit will include lectures, tutorials and web-enhanced learning. 12-week semester or equivalent in intensive block mode.

This unit offers students the opportunity to study and compare selections from colonial era writings with more recent texts created after colonial lands achieved independence. Attitudes towards race, conflict, religion and justice are examined in the texts selected. Students will also examine ways in which post-colonial literary theory may be applied to texts to produce rich interpretations.

Sub-site navigation

Units 2012