Postcolonial Literature
English Extension Syllabus
Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Resources:
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Heat and Dust: A Critical Study
Parmar, N.J. (2014). Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Heat and Dust: A criticial study. International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (3)2. Retrieved from http://www.raijmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IJRHS_2014_vol02_issue_03_10.pdf
Cross- Cultural Encounter: Multicultural Perspectives in Jhabvala’s Heat and Dust
Rajan, S.V. (2015). Cross-cultural encounter: Multicultural perspectives in Jhabvala's Heat and Dust. International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities (3)2. Retrieved from http://ijellh.com/papers/2015/April/50-481-487-April-2015.pdf
Concept of Belonging/Inclusion/Exclusion of Heat and Dust explored in:
Spurr, B. & LLoyd, C. (2009). Excel Spurr and Cameron HSC advanced English. Glebe : Pascal Press.
See Pdf below
Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Resources:
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Heat and Dust: A Critical Study
Parmar, N.J. (2014). Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Heat and Dust: A criticial study. International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (3)2. Retrieved from http://www.raijmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IJRHS_2014_vol02_issue_03_10.pdf
Cross- Cultural Encounter: Multicultural Perspectives in Jhabvala’s Heat and Dust
Rajan, S.V. (2015). Cross-cultural encounter: Multicultural perspectives in Jhabvala's Heat and Dust. International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities (3)2. Retrieved from http://ijellh.com/papers/2015/April/50-481-487-April-2015.pdf
Concept of Belonging/Inclusion/Exclusion of Heat and Dust explored in:
Spurr, B. & LLoyd, C. (2009). Excel Spurr and Cameron HSC advanced English. Glebe : Pascal Press.
See Pdf below
| concept_of_belonging_-_heat_and_dust.pdf |
Assessment Task
| yr_11_prelim_extension_1_assessment_task_2.docx |
Videos
Aamer Rahman (Fear of a Brown Planet) - Reverse Racism
Lupita Nyong'o Speech - Black Women In Hollywood
3 ways to speak English Jamila Lyiscott TED Talk
On Postcolonial Literature
“Postcolonial Literature": Problems with the Term
Brians, P. (n.d.). "Postcolonial Literature": Problems with the Term. Washington State University. Retrieved from https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/10/19/postcolonial-literature-problems-with-the-term/
A Brief History of Postcolonial Literature, Part I
Golden, A. (2015a). A brief history of Postcolonial literature, Part I. Books Tell You Why. Retrieved from https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/a-brief-history-of-postcolonial-literature-part-i
A Brief History of Postcolonial Literature, Part II
Golden, A. (2015). A brief history of Postcolonial literature, Part II. Books Tell You Why. Retrieved from https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/a-brief-history-of-postcolonial-literature-part-ii
Themes in Theories of Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Landow, G.P. (2008). Themes in Theories of Colonialism and Postcolonialism.Contemporary Postcolonial & Postimperial Literature in English.Retrieved from http://www.postcolonialweb.org/poldiscourse/themes/themes.html
Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature (Review)
O'Reilly, N. (2016). Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature. Cambria Press. Retrieved from http://www.cambriapress.com/cambriapress.cfm?template=4&bid=402
See free access to the Introduction at www.cambriapress.com/camber.cfm?bookid=9781604977110&page=1
The Cambridge companion to postcolonial literary studies
Lazarus, N. (2004). The Cambridge companion to postcolonial literary studies. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
Found in Cambridge University Press via NSW State Library
Brennan, T. (2004). From development to globalization: Postcolonial studies and globalization theory. In Lazarus, N. (2004). The Cambridge companion to postcolonial literary studies. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.. doi:10.1017/CCOL0521826942.007
National Identity in Australian Literature
Dalziell, T. (2017-06-28). National Identity in Australian Literature. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. Retrieved 3 Jun. 2018, from http://literature.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-149.
Post‐Colonial- NOT! - Anita Heiss
Heiss, A. (2009). Post-Colonial - NOT! from Heiss, A. & Minter, P. (2009) Macquarie PEN anthologoy of Aboriginal Literature, Macquarie University. Sydney: Allen & Unwin
Aamer Rahman (Fear of a Brown Planet) - Reverse Racism
Lupita Nyong'o Speech - Black Women In Hollywood
3 ways to speak English Jamila Lyiscott TED Talk
On Postcolonial Literature
“Postcolonial Literature": Problems with the Term
Brians, P. (n.d.). "Postcolonial Literature": Problems with the Term. Washington State University. Retrieved from https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/10/19/postcolonial-literature-problems-with-the-term/
A Brief History of Postcolonial Literature, Part I
Golden, A. (2015a). A brief history of Postcolonial literature, Part I. Books Tell You Why. Retrieved from https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/a-brief-history-of-postcolonial-literature-part-i
A Brief History of Postcolonial Literature, Part II
Golden, A. (2015). A brief history of Postcolonial literature, Part II. Books Tell You Why. Retrieved from https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/a-brief-history-of-postcolonial-literature-part-ii
Themes in Theories of Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Landow, G.P. (2008). Themes in Theories of Colonialism and Postcolonialism.Contemporary Postcolonial & Postimperial Literature in English.Retrieved from http://www.postcolonialweb.org/poldiscourse/themes/themes.html
Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature (Review)
O'Reilly, N. (2016). Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature. Cambria Press. Retrieved from http://www.cambriapress.com/cambriapress.cfm?template=4&bid=402
See free access to the Introduction at www.cambriapress.com/camber.cfm?bookid=9781604977110&page=1
The Cambridge companion to postcolonial literary studies
Lazarus, N. (2004). The Cambridge companion to postcolonial literary studies. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
Found in Cambridge University Press via NSW State Library
- Chapter 7 by Brennan discusses globalisation, hegemony, Eurocentrism, subjugation/cultural power in:
Brennan, T. (2004). From development to globalization: Postcolonial studies and globalization theory. In Lazarus, N. (2004). The Cambridge companion to postcolonial literary studies. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.. doi:10.1017/CCOL0521826942.007
National Identity in Australian Literature
Dalziell, T. (2017-06-28). National Identity in Australian Literature. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. Retrieved 3 Jun. 2018, from http://literature.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-149.
Post‐Colonial- NOT! - Anita Heiss
Heiss, A. (2009). Post-Colonial - NOT! from Heiss, A. & Minter, P. (2009) Macquarie PEN anthologoy of Aboriginal Literature, Macquarie University. Sydney: Allen & Unwin
Related Texts
Goodreads - Best Postcolonial Literature
A Work of Colonial or Postcolonial Literature
Keenan, K. (2018). Read Harder 2018: A work of colonial or postcolonial literature. Book Riot. Retrieved from https://bookriot.com/2018/01/23/read-harder-2018-a-work-of-colonial-or-postcolonial-literature/
Postcolonial and Postimperial Authors
Australian texts
Barbara Baynton - Bush Studies
Baynton, Barbara & University of Sydney. Library. Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service (1997). Bush studies. University of Sydney Library, Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service, Sydney
Bush Studies Secondary Sources:
Dale, L. (2011). Rereading Barbara Baynton's "Bush Studies.". Texas Studies In Literature & Language, 53(4), 369-386.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Steele, K. (2010). Fear and Loathing in the Australian Bush: Gothic Landscapes in Bush Studies and Picnic at Hanging Rock. Colloquy: Text Theory Critique, (20), 33-56
Found in Literary Reference Center Plus EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Wright, F. (2016). Barbara Baynton: Hard graft with the best. Sydney Review of Books. Retrieved from https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/bush-studies-barbara-baynton/
Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang
Secondary Sources:
Eggert, P. (2007). The Bushranger's Voice: Peter Carey's "True History of the Kelly Gang" (2000) and Ned Kelly's "Jerilderie Letter" (1879). College Literature, 34(3), 120-139
Found in JSTOR via NSW State Library - See also downloadable pdf file below.
Huggan, G. (2002). Cultural Memory in Postcolonial Fiction: The Uses and Abuses of Ned Kelly. Australian Literary Studies, 20(3), 142.
Found in Literary Reference Center Plus EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Ingram, P. (2006). Representing the Irish body: reading Ned's armor. Antipodes (20)1, June 2006: 12-19.
Found in Informit via NSW State Library
Goodreads - Best Postcolonial Literature
A Work of Colonial or Postcolonial Literature
Keenan, K. (2018). Read Harder 2018: A work of colonial or postcolonial literature. Book Riot. Retrieved from https://bookriot.com/2018/01/23/read-harder-2018-a-work-of-colonial-or-postcolonial-literature/
Postcolonial and Postimperial Authors
Australian texts
Barbara Baynton - Bush Studies
Baynton, Barbara & University of Sydney. Library. Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service (1997). Bush studies. University of Sydney Library, Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service, Sydney
Bush Studies Secondary Sources:
Dale, L. (2011). Rereading Barbara Baynton's "Bush Studies.". Texas Studies In Literature & Language, 53(4), 369-386.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Steele, K. (2010). Fear and Loathing in the Australian Bush: Gothic Landscapes in Bush Studies and Picnic at Hanging Rock. Colloquy: Text Theory Critique, (20), 33-56
Found in Literary Reference Center Plus EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Wright, F. (2016). Barbara Baynton: Hard graft with the best. Sydney Review of Books. Retrieved from https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/bush-studies-barbara-baynton/
Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang
Secondary Sources:
Eggert, P. (2007). The Bushranger's Voice: Peter Carey's "True History of the Kelly Gang" (2000) and Ned Kelly's "Jerilderie Letter" (1879). College Literature, 34(3), 120-139
Found in JSTOR via NSW State Library - See also downloadable pdf file below.
Huggan, G. (2002). Cultural Memory in Postcolonial Fiction: The Uses and Abuses of Ned Kelly. Australian Literary Studies, 20(3), 142.
Found in Literary Reference Center Plus EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Ingram, P. (2006). Representing the Irish body: reading Ned's armor. Antipodes (20)1, June 2006: 12-19.
Found in Informit via NSW State Library
| eggert_2007_the_bushrangers_voice__peter_careys.pdf |
Janet Frame - The Carpathians
Miles Franklin - My Brilliant Career electronic text via Project Gutenberg
Miles Franklin - My Brilliant Career eBook via NSW State Library
Secondary Sources:
Dalziell, T. (2004). Colonial Displacements: Another Look at Miles Franklin's My Brilliant Career. Ariel, 35(3/4), 39-56.
Keri Hulme - The Bone People
Colin Johnson/Mudrooroo - Master of the Ghost Dreaming
David Malouf - Remembering Babylon
Secondary Sources:
David Malouf: Exploring Imperial Textuality
Katherine Mansfield - Bliss and other stories
Sally Morgan - My Place
Copies held in CPAHS Library
Videos
Aamer Rahman (Fear of a Brown Planet) - Reverse Racism
Lupita Nyong'o Speech - Black Women In Hollywood
3 ways to speak English Jamila Lyiscott TED Talk
Miles Franklin - My Brilliant Career electronic text via Project Gutenberg
Miles Franklin - My Brilliant Career eBook via NSW State Library
Secondary Sources:
Dalziell, T. (2004). Colonial Displacements: Another Look at Miles Franklin's My Brilliant Career. Ariel, 35(3/4), 39-56.
Keri Hulme - The Bone People
Colin Johnson/Mudrooroo - Master of the Ghost Dreaming
David Malouf - Remembering Babylon
Secondary Sources:
David Malouf: Exploring Imperial Textuality
Katherine Mansfield - Bliss and other stories
Sally Morgan - My Place
Copies held in CPAHS Library
Videos
Aamer Rahman (Fear of a Brown Planet) - Reverse Racism
Lupita Nyong'o Speech - Black Women In Hollywood
3 ways to speak English Jamila Lyiscott TED Talk
Journal articles and more
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo - A Grain of wheat
Harrow, K. (1985). Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "A Grain of Wheat": Season of Irony. Research in African Literatures, 16(2), 243-263. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3819414
Found in JSTOR database via NSW State Library
Wole Soyinka - Death and the King's Horseman
George, O. (1999). Cultural Criticism in Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman. Representations, (67), 67-91. doi:10.2307/2902887
Found in JSTOR via NSW State Library
Gilbertova, I. (1995). Wole Soyinka: Death and the King's Horseman. Philosophy Faculty, Brown University. Retrieved from https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.
Gumbel, A. (2009). Wole Soyinka on how he came to write Death and the King's Horseman. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/apr/08/wole-soyinka-death-kings-horseman
McLuckie, C. (2004). The Structural Coherence of Wole Soyinka's "Death and the King's Horseman.". College Literature, 31(2), 143-163.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Pervez, S. (2008). Performing British Power: Colonial Politics and Performance Space in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman. Philosophia Africana, 11(1), 61-73.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
George Orwell - Shooting an elephant
Clausson, N. (2011). Clarity, George Orwell, and the Pedagogy of Prose Style; or, How Not to Teach "Shooting an Elephant.". Pedagogy, 11(2), 301-323. doi:10.1215/15314200-1218076
Hindess, B. (2001). Not at Home in the Empire. Social Identities, 7(3), 363-377. doi:10.1080/13504630120087217
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Keskinen, K. (1966). "Shooting an Elephant" - An Essay to Teach. The English Journal, 55(6), 669-675. doi:10.2307/811491
Found in JSTOR database via NSW State Library
Tyner, J. A. (2005). Landscape and the mask of self in George Orwell's ‘Shooting an elephant’. Area, 37(3), 260-267. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2005.00629.x
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Yeasmin, N., Kalam Azad, M. A., & Ferdoush, J. (2013). "Shooting an Elephant": A Stylistic Analysis. ASA University Review, 7(1), 27-36.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo - A Grain of wheat
Harrow, K. (1985). Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "A Grain of Wheat": Season of Irony. Research in African Literatures, 16(2), 243-263. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3819414
Found in JSTOR database via NSW State Library
Wole Soyinka - Death and the King's Horseman
George, O. (1999). Cultural Criticism in Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman. Representations, (67), 67-91. doi:10.2307/2902887
Found in JSTOR via NSW State Library
Gilbertova, I. (1995). Wole Soyinka: Death and the King's Horseman. Philosophy Faculty, Brown University. Retrieved from https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.
Gumbel, A. (2009). Wole Soyinka on how he came to write Death and the King's Horseman. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/apr/08/wole-soyinka-death-kings-horseman
McLuckie, C. (2004). The Structural Coherence of Wole Soyinka's "Death and the King's Horseman.". College Literature, 31(2), 143-163.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Pervez, S. (2008). Performing British Power: Colonial Politics and Performance Space in Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman. Philosophia Africana, 11(1), 61-73.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
George Orwell - Shooting an elephant
Clausson, N. (2011). Clarity, George Orwell, and the Pedagogy of Prose Style; or, How Not to Teach "Shooting an Elephant.". Pedagogy, 11(2), 301-323. doi:10.1215/15314200-1218076
Hindess, B. (2001). Not at Home in the Empire. Social Identities, 7(3), 363-377. doi:10.1080/13504630120087217
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Keskinen, K. (1966). "Shooting an Elephant" - An Essay to Teach. The English Journal, 55(6), 669-675. doi:10.2307/811491
Found in JSTOR database via NSW State Library
Tyner, J. A. (2005). Landscape and the mask of self in George Orwell's ‘Shooting an elephant’. Area, 37(3), 260-267. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2005.00629.x
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Yeasmin, N., Kalam Azad, M. A., & Ferdoush, J. (2013). "Shooting an Elephant": A Stylistic Analysis. ASA University Review, 7(1), 27-36.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
| shooting_an_elephant.pdf |
Chinua Achebe - Collection of essays
Awosika, O. (2008). The Educated Elite and The Leadership Initiative In Postcolonial West Africa. A Reading Of Chinua Achebe's A Man Of The People. Education, 129(2), 287-293.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Duodu, C. (2013). Why Chinua Achebe mattered to us all. New African, (530), 70-74.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Gagiano, A. (2014). Illuminating Africa: Commemorating and Reassessing the Work of Chinua Achebe (1930-2013). Development & Change, 45(5), 1074-1092. doi:10.1111/dech.12108
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Gilley, B. (2016). Chinua Achebe on the Positive Legacies of Colonialism. African Affairs, 115(461), 646-663. doi:10.1093/afraf/adw030
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Zeleza, P. T. (2014). Africa's Struggles for Decolonization: From Achebe to Mandela. Research In African Literatures, 45(4), 121-139.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Zeleza, P. T. (1997). Visions of freedom and democracy in postcolonial African literature. Women's Studies Quarterly, 25(3/4), 10.
Found in JSTOR via NSW State Library
Awosika, O. (2008). The Educated Elite and The Leadership Initiative In Postcolonial West Africa. A Reading Of Chinua Achebe's A Man Of The People. Education, 129(2), 287-293.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Duodu, C. (2013). Why Chinua Achebe mattered to us all. New African, (530), 70-74.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Gagiano, A. (2014). Illuminating Africa: Commemorating and Reassessing the Work of Chinua Achebe (1930-2013). Development & Change, 45(5), 1074-1092. doi:10.1111/dech.12108
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Gilley, B. (2016). Chinua Achebe on the Positive Legacies of Colonialism. African Affairs, 115(461), 646-663. doi:10.1093/afraf/adw030
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Zeleza, P. T. (2014). Africa's Struggles for Decolonization: From Achebe to Mandela. Research In African Literatures, 45(4), 121-139.
Found in EBSCOHOST via NSW State Library
Zeleza, P. T. (1997). Visions of freedom and democracy in postcolonial African literature. Women's Studies Quarterly, 25(3/4), 10.
Found in JSTOR via NSW State Library
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