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:
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.
Links:
[1] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/postcolonial-elements-selected-novels-amitav-ghosh
[2] https://english.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2017-2018