Waiyee Loh
Assistant Professor of World Literature
Department of English
Kanagawa University, Japan
Introduction to World Literature II
(AY 2023/2024, Semester 2)
Download course syllabus here: Intro to World Lit 2 syllabus.pdf
Week 1. Introduction
The postcolonial politics of language
Lecture slides: W1. Introduction.pptx
Week 2. Postcolonial Responses: The African village I
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
Lecture slides: W2. African village 1.pptx
PDF: Achebe. An Image of Africa.pdf
Week 3. The African village II
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
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Week 4. Masculinity
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
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Week 5. The white missionaries
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
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Week 6. Tragedy
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
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Week 7. Primitivism
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
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Assignment instructions: Assignment 1 instructions.pdf
Assignment 1 due
Week 8. Diaspora: Race and immigration
Reading: Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
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Week 9. Race and Language
Digital Humanities exercise: Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)
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Week 10. Race and Language
Reading: Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
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Week 11. The country and the city
Reading: Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
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Week 12. Gender
Reading: Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
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Week 13. Conclusion
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Assignment instructions: Assignment 2 instructions.pdf
Assignment 2 due
Week 14. Assignment 2 feedback
Student consultation sessions