Major developments in the field of Postcolonial Theory will be examined. We start from Said's observation that colonialism affected both the colonizing countries as well as the colonized peoples. As such, Postcolonial Theory provides a variety of methodological tools for analyzing literature and culture that are of special relevance in the age of globalization. We will focus on the development of a postcolonial consciousness, the implication of literature and other cultural forms in the colonizing process and as forms of resistance.

This course is the third course in the minor Postcolonial Studies.