English Literary Studies
Code
722121033
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Teresa Pinto Coelho
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Português e Inglês
Objectives
- To master research methodologies
- To obtain knowledge on the subjects to be studied
- To promote autonomous scientific debate
- To be able to undertake autonomous advanced research in order to write a research paper and a dissertation
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Postcolonial (Re)Readings: From Robinson Crusoe to Wide Sargasso Sea
I Introduction to Postcolonial Studies
1.1. Post-colonial and Postcolonial
1.2. Edward Saids seminal work Orientalism and its critics
1.3. Concepts in Postcolonial Studies
II Postcolonial (re)readings
2.1. Postcolonial discourse in Robinson Crusoe
2.2. School, sports and empire: Tom Browns Schooldays
2.3. Juvenile literature and empire: King Solomons Mines and other boy stories
2.4. Feminine voices and empire: Aïda, Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
III - Research methods
Bibliography
ASHCROFT, Bill et alli (2002). The Empire Writes Back. Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures, London / New York: Routledge (1st ed. 1989).
________, (2013). Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies, London: Routledge (1st ed. 1998).
BOEHMER, Elleke (2005). Colonial & Postcolonial Literature. Migrant Metaphors, Oxford / New York: Oxford University Press (1st ed. 1995).
CHILDS, Peter (ed.) (1999). Post-Colonial Theory and English Literature. A Reader, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
COELHO, Maria Teresa Pinto (2004). Ilhas, Batalhas e Aventura. Imagens de África no Romance de Império Britânico no Último Quartel do Século XIX e Início do Século XX, Lisboa: Colibri.
RICHARDS, Jeffrey (ed.) (1989). Imperialism and Juvenile Literature, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
SAID, Edward (1993). Culture and Imperialism, London: Chatto & Windus.
SAVORY, Elaine (2009). The Cambridge Introdution to Jean Rhys, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Teaching method
-Theoretical classes on the subjects to be studied and teaching of research methods - c. 30%
- Critical reading and debate of texts in class and oral presentation and discussion of an extended research paper - c. 70%
- Tutorial supervision of the research work to be undertaken by the students (mostly outside class hours)
Evaluation method
- Production of an extended essay to be presented and discussed in class (50% of the final mark)
- Production of a written research paper (50% of the final mark)