Postcolonial Elements in Selected Novels of Amitav Ghosh

Paper Code: 
144 A - Option 13

Unit I

 

Introduction to Amitav Ghosh as a Writer: Features and Themes

 

Unit II

 

Postcoloniolism: The concept of Hybridity from Homi Bhabha

 

“Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse” by Homi Bhabha

 

Unit III Gender in Postcolonial Literature

“Gender” from Pramod K Nayar’s Postcolonial Literature: An Introduction (pp. 116-157)

 

 

Unit IV Amitav Ghosh: The Shadow Lines

 

Unit V Amitav Ghosh: The Sea of Poppies

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Suggested Readings:

Barry, Peter. “Postmodernism.” Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. 3 ed. Viva Books, 2010.

Bhabha, Homi. “Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse.” MIT Press. Guerin, Wilfred L., and et al. “The Play of Meanings” A Handbook of Critical Approaches to

Literature.5 ed, Oxford University Press. pp. 377-379.

 

Nayar, Pramod K. “Gender”. Postcolonial Literature: An Introduction. Pearson, 2008. pp. 116- 157.

 

Academic Year: 
2017-2018