Postcolonial Studies (ELIT526) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Postcolonial Studies ELIT526 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
None
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Dersin öğretim elemanı (Academic staff)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The aim of the course is to offer an analysis of the former British colonies in terms of cultural, historical, sociological and literary changes through a wide range of colonial and post-colonial key concepts referring to the views and theories of outstanding post-colonial theorists such as Homi Bhabba, Frantz Fanon and Edward Said.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • can analyze the cultural, historical and sociological background of the former British colonies through the post-colonial perspectives and views of outstanding theorists
  • will be familiar with colonial/post-colonial key terms and movements such as the other, diaspora, hybridity, third-space, mimicry, subaltern.
Course Content Terms, concepts of colonial post-colonial literature, related theories and theorists.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Key terms, concepts Key terms, concepts (provided by the instructor as sheets)
2 Key terms, concepts Key terms, concepts (Provided by the instructor as sheets)
3 Key terms, concepts Key terms, concepts (provided by the instructor as sheets)
4 The Post-Colonial Studies Reader ed. B. Ascroft E. Said, Orientalism Post-colonial Literatures and Counter-discourse HELEN TIFFIN pp.87-92
5 The Post-Colonial Studies Reader The Economy of Manichean Allegory Abdul R.JanMohamed pp.18-24; Problems in Current Theories of Colonial Discourse Benita Parry, pp.36-45
6 The Post-Colonial Studies Reader Signs Taken for Wonders Homi K.Bhabhapp.29-35; Dissemination: Time, Narrative, and the Margins of the Modern Nation Homi K.Bhabha, pp. 176-178.
7 The Post-Colonial Studies Reader Cultural Diversity and Cultural Differences Homi K.Bhabhapp. 206-212; Can the Subaltern Speak? Gayatri Chakravorty Spivakpp.24-29.
8 The Post-Colonial Studies Reader The Fact of Blackness Frantz Fanon, pp.323-327; Three Women’s Texts and a Critique of Imperialism Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, pp.269,273.
9 The Post-Colonial Studies Reader Figures of Colonial Resistance Jenny Sharpe, pp.99-103; National Culture Frantz Fanon, pp.153-158.
10 The Post-Colonial Studies Reader Postmodernism or Post-colonialism Today Simon During, pp.125-130; Outlaws of the Text Gillian Whitlock, pp.349-354
11 The Post-Colonial Studies Reader Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism Trinh T.Minh-ha, pp.264-269. Woman Skin Deep Feminism and the Postcolonial Condition SARA SULERI, pp. 273-282.
12 Presentations on Literary Works Presentations on Literary Works
13 Presentations on Literary Works Presentations on Literary Works
14 Presentations on Literary Works Presentations on Literary Works
15 Presentations on Literary Works Presentations on Literary Works
16 Final exam Final exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
2. Burchi Emecheta, The Joys of Motherhood
3. Nadine Gordimer, Short Stories
4. Hanif Kureishi, Short Stories
5. V. S. Naipaul, Short Stories
6. Jean Rhys, Wide Sargossa Sea
7. Doris Lessing, The Grass is Singing
8. Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
9. Timothy Mo, Sour Sweet
Other Sources 10. Bill Ascroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin (ed), The Postcolonial Studies Reader
11. Patrick Williams and Laura Chrisman, Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory
12. Bart Moore-Gilbert, Gareth Statnton and Wİlly Maley (ed), Postcolonial Criticism
13. Aria Loomba, Colonialism/Postcolonialism
14. John McLeod, Beginning Postcolonialim
15. Barbara Bush, Imperialism and Postcolonialism

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation 2 60
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 30
Toplam 4 100
Percentage of Semester Work 70
Percentage of Final Work 30
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 To be able to use English language competently concerning four basic skills, namely listening, reading, speaking, and writing. X
2 To have extensive theoretical knowledge about English Culture and literature. X
3 To gain knowledge about literary theories and to be able to apply these theories to various literary texts. X
4 To acquire detailed knowledge about British culture in all its aspects. X
5 To be able to compare and contrast English culture and literature with other literatures through works from different periods and genres. X
6 To be able to compare and contrast British culture with other cultures. X
7 To plan, organize, and conduct the activities related to the field. X
8 To acquire the skills of creative, critical, and analytical thinking. X
9 To gain knowledge about how to conduct an academic research and to use the acquired knowledge in accordance with the purpose of the research. X
10 To acquire professional ethics and to use them in the process of research and production. X
11 To get prepared for professional life by developing a sense of responsibility through individual tasks and group projects. X
12 To be able to understand and decipher various discourses involved in literature such as literary, philosophical, psychological, cultural, critical and theoretical discourses in English language. X
13 To be able to understand and be a part of world culture. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 15 3 45
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 2 10 20
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 15 15
Total Workload 128