Waiyee Loh
Assistant Professor of World Literature
Department of English
Kanagawa University, Japan
Introduction to World Literature II
(AY 2022/2023, 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
Achebe, "An Image of Africa": Achebe. An Image of Africa.pdf
Week 3. The African Village II
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
Lecture slides: W3. African village 2 (for students).pptx
Week 4. Masculinity
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
Lecture slides: W4. Masculinity.pptx
Week 5. The white missionaries
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
Lecture slides: W5. White missionaries.pptx
Week 6. Tragedy
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
Lecture slides: W6. Tragedy.pptx
Week 7. Primitivism
Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
Lecture slides: W7. Primitivism.pptx
Assignment instructions: Assignment 1 instructions.pdf
Writing workshop handouts:
Assignment 1 due
Week 8. Diaspora: Race and immigration
Reading: Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
Lecture slides: W8. Race and immigration (for students).pptx
Week 9. Race and language
Digital Humanities exercise: Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)
Lecture slides: W9. Race and language.pptx
Week 10. Race and Language
Reading: Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
Lecture slides: W10. Race and language.pptx
Week 11. The country and the city
Reading: Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
Lecture slides:
Week 12. Gender
Reading: Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
Lecture slides:
Week 13. Conclusion
Reading: Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
Lecture slides:
Assignment instructions: Assignment 2 instructions.pdf
Assignment 2 due
Week 14. Assignment 2 feedback
Student consultation sessions