Estudios Ingleses. Plan 2022
Undergraduate Programme. Academic Year 2024/2025.
LITERATURAS Y TEORÍAS POSTCOLONIALES EN LENGUA INGLESA - 806525
Curso Académico 2024-25
Datos Generales
- Plan de estudios: 081G - GRADO EN ESTUDIOS INGLESES (2022) (2022-23)
- Carácter: Optativa
- ECTS: 6.0
SINOPSIS
COMPETENCIAS
Generales
(a) Conceptual competences (knowledge)
CG 3 - Conocimiento de las literaturas en lengua inglesa.
Knowledge of the literatures in English.
CG 4 - Conocimiento de la historia y cultura de los países de lengua inglesa.
Knowledge of the history and culture of English-speaking countries.
CG 5 (módulo básico) - Conocimientos generales de otras materias de la rama de Artes y
Humanidades, abordadas en el módulo básico (segunda lengua extranjera, lingüística, lengua y cultura clásicas, historia, teoría de
la literatura), para su aplicación al estudio en profundidad de la lengua inglesa y sus literaturas y culturas.
General knowledge of other Arts and Humanities subjects, covered in the basic module (second foreign language, linguistics,
classical language and culture, history, literary theory), to be applied to the in-depth study of the English language and its
literatures and cultures.
Transversales
utilizar herramientas informáticas y presentar en público productos, ideas e informes, todo ello en lengua inglesa.
Ability to negotiate, make oneself understood, write reports and documents, handle massive and complex information, use
computer tools and present publicly products, ideas and reports in English.
CG 8 - Capacidad para comprender e integrar información procedente de diversas fuentes, y encuadrarla en distintas
perspectivas teóricas.
Ability to process and integrate information from a variety of sources, framing it in different theoretical perspectives.
CG 9 - Capacidad para acometer, con un alto grado de autonomía, estudios de posgrado u otros estudios de nivel similar en el
ámbito profesional.
Ability to undertake postgraduate studies or similar type of studies in professional domains with a high degree of autonomy
Específicas
El alumno deberá ser capaz de identificar y analizar distintos elementos de la teoría postcolonial y su evolución, explicar cómo la
experiencia postcolonial ha afectado a las literaturas producidas en dicho contexto y analizar cómo las obras literarias reaccionan
a una ideología o discurso colonial.
(Module of Literature in English, Core Subject ). [Postcolonial Literatures in English Language].
The student will be able to identify and analyze the different elements that make up postcolonial theory and its development,
explain how postcolonial experience has shaped the literatures produced in such context and analyze how literary works react to a
certain ideology or colonial discourse.
Otras
(c) Attitudinal competences:
CG 10 - Desarrollo de una actitud reflexiva y crítica sobre la lengua inglesa, su cultura y sus literaturas.
Development of a reflexive and critical attitude towards the English language, its cultures, and its literatures.
CG 11 - Desarrollo, tanto personal como intelectual, de actitudes de convivencia y diálogo entre ideologías, géneros y etnias, así
como a la profundización en culturas ajenas que impone el estudio de las literaturas en lengua inglesa. Desarrollo de la corrección
política.
Personal and intellectual development of attitudes of coexistence and dialogue between diverse ideologies, genders and ethnic
groups, as well as insights into the cultures reflected in the study of literatures in the English language. Political correctness
development.
CG12 - Desarrollo de una actitud de respeto hacia los derechos fundamentales y de igualdad entre hombres y mujeres, así como
hacia los principios de igualdad de oportunidades y accesibilidad universal de las personas con discapacidad y hacia los valores
propios de una cultura de la paz y de valores democráticos.
CG12 - Development of a respectful attitude towards the fundamental and equal rights of men and women, as well as towards
principles of equal opportunities and universal access for persons with special needs, and towards the values of a culture of peace
and democracy.
ACTIVIDADES DOCENTES
Clases teóricas
guías de lectura para las lecturas obligatorias.
The lecturer will introduce the different units of the syllabus. In addition, s/he will provide an introduction to compulsory readings
and will offer reading guides.
Seminarios
enfoques críticos.
Occasionally, seminars will be held on a cpecific subject, in a transnational context and from different perspectives and a diversity
of critical approaches.
Clases prácticas
parte del/ de la profesora, deberán exponer sus propias conclusiones acerca de los mismos, ser capaces de contestar a
preguntas concretas y participar en un debate activo.
The students are required to prepare their weekly readings (theory and literature). After the lecturer's presentation, they should
provide their own conclusions about the texts, be able to answer specific questions and participate in an active debate.
Presentaciones
literatura propuestas en clase. Su presentación hará especial hincapié en los aspectos tratados en las clases teóricas (contexto
postcolonial, temas, estrategias textuales, etc.). Se valorará positivamente que los estudiantes utilicen y entablen un diálogo con
las lecturas críticas y teóricas abordadas en clase.
The students should present in groups (max. 2 people) the result of their research about one of the literature readings included on
the reading list. Their presentation should focus on the different topics studied during the theory lessons (postcolonial context,
themes, textual strategies, etc.). The creative use of critical and theoretical readings would be positively regarded.
Presenciales
Semestre
Breve descriptor:
El ámbito de los estudios postcoloniales ocupa un espacio indisciplinar que parte de la noción de que el poder y la dominación
imperiales han sido, y continúan siendo, unas fuerzas económicas, sociales y culturales enormemente influyentes en la
modernidad en general. La asignatura se centra en la producción literaria y cultural que surge bajo el dominio colonial y en los
años posteriores en diferentes espacios, desde el Caribe, a Oriente Medio pasando por América Latina, y también en textos
escritos por minorías reprimidas o de la diáspora. Además, el temario incluye una aproximación teórica a los estudios de
desarrollo y a los estudios comparativos etnoraciales que sirvan para analizar el orden global contemporáneo.
The area of Postcolonial studies is an interdisciplinary field that starts from the assumption that imperial power and domination
have been, and continue to be in its newer forms, profoundly influential economic, social and cultural forces in modernity at large.
The course focuses on the literary and cultural production that has emerged under colonial rule and its aftermath in different
locations, from the Caribbean to the Middle East to Latin America, and also on texts written by diasporic and repressed minorities.
Furthermore, the syllabus includes a theoretical approach to development studies and comparative ethno-racial studies for current
considerations about the contemporary global order.
Requisitos
participar activamente en los debates y realizar presentaciones orales y exámenes en esta lengua.
The student should demonstrate a high level of English language to follow the lessons, read the required texts, show an active
participation on debates and complete oral presentations and exams in this language
Objetivos
Esta asignatura tiene por objetivo general fomentar el pensamiento crítico de los estudiantes y ampliar sus conocimientos de
literatura, incorporando al aula autores tradicionalmente considerados "periféricos". Los estudiantes podrán leer textos (ensayo,
poesía, novela y relato breve) de muy diversa procedencia emplazados en los distintos contextos neocoloniales, postcoloniales e
imperialistas, para estudiar cómo estos autores han reaccionado o "resistido" al discurso colonial. Así, la asignatura explorará
diversos ejes temáticos para abordar a los distintos autores (género, cuerpo, etnia, diáspora, orientalismo, exotismo, necropoder,
decolonialidad, etc.). Los alumnos también se familiarizarán con las principales teorías postcoloniales con el fin de poder
establecer paralelismos y diferencias entre distintos autores y contextos. Asimismo, el estudiante recibirá las herramientas críticas
y teóricas necesarias para llevar a cabo una lectura postcolonial de otras obras literarias, independientmente del contexto y
periodo histórico en que fueron escritas.
This subject aims at promoting the students' critical thought as well as expanding their literary knowledge, incorporating authors
who have been traditionally considered "marginal"to the lessons. The students would read texts (essays, poetry, novels, short
stories) from different backgrounds and colonial contexts, whether postcolonial or imperial, in order to study how these authors
have reacted or "resisted" colonial discourse. Thus, the subject will explore different thematic axis (gender, body, race, diaspora,
Orientalism, exoticism, necropower, decoloniality and so forth) to approach the different authors . The students will also become
familiar with the main postcolonial theories so they can stablish parallelisms and differences between different authors and
contexts. Furthermore, the students will acquire the required critical and theoretical tools which to pursue a postcolonial reading of
different literary works, regardless of the context and the moment of history in which they were written.
Contenido
Syllabus: Postcolonial Literatures
1. Introduction: the Postcolonial and Postcolonial Literatures.
Relevant Ideas and concepts in Postcolonial Theory
2. Empire, Nation and the Transnational
3. Language and the Postcolonial Condition
4. Racialization and Black Atlantic Narratives
5. Orientalism
6. Subaltern Studies
7. First Nations and/or Caribbean Studies
8. Borderlands and Border Thinking
9. Decolonial projects
10. Postcolonial Futures: utopianism and the horizon of Literature
11. OPTIONAL: Current topics in Postcolonial Studies and Theory
Evaluación
30%: presentación oral y trabajo escrito
10%: participación activa en clase
El examen y resto de materiales evaluables serán en lengua inglesa
60%: final exam
30%: oral presentation and written assignment
10%: active participation in class
The final exam and all other materials for assessment will be in English
Bibliografía
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Otra información relevante
Gilroy, Paul. The Black Atlantic. Modernity and Double Consciousness. London: Verso, 1993.
Huggan, Graham ed. 2013. The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies. Oxford: O.UP.
Jameson, Fredric & Masao Miyoshi eds. Cultures of Globalization. Durham: Duke U.P., 1998.
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Segalen, VIctor. Essay on Exoticism. An Aesthetics of Diversity. Trans. Yael Rachel Schlick. Durham: Duke U.P., 2002.
Spivak, Gayatri. An Aesthetic Eucation in the Era of Globalization. Harvard U.P., 2013.
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Estructura
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| No existen datos de módulos o materias para esta asignatura. | |
Grupos
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| Grupo | Periodos | Horarios | Aula | Profesor |
| Grupo A | 12/09/2024 - 13/12/2024 | JUEVES 12:30 - 14:30 | A-312 | ESTHER SANCHEZ-PARDO GONZALEZ |
| VIERNES 12:30 - 14:30 | A-312 | ESTHER SANCHEZ-PARDO GONZALEZ | ||