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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

ELL020

Course Name:

Postcolonial Literature

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Prof. Dr. IŞIL BAŞ DE OLIVEIRA

Course Lecturer(s):

IŞIL BAŞ DE OLIVEIRA

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

To describe the changes and concepts that emerged in the post-colonial British culture, to explain the effects of cultural theories on English culture and literature, to interpret the colonial period and post-colonial issues through literary works.

Course Content:

This course provides an introduction to postcolonial theory and literary practice. Throughout the semester, we will examine works by authors from formerly colonized regions—particularly Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East—focusing on the historical, cultural, and political contexts these texts engage with. We will explore how such works contribute to and challenge the formation of the Anglophone literary canon.

Each week, we will investigate a key topic in postcolonial studies through multiple theoretical lenses, analyzing how literary productions from the Global South respond to themes such as empire, nationalism, citizenship, and human rights. Class discussions will center around fundamental concepts (e.g., what defines postcolonial literature?), major theoretical frameworks (such as feminism, Marxism, and diasporic identity), identity politics (including gender, class, and race), and aesthetic choices (language, style, genre).

These inquiries will not only provide deeper insights into postcolonial, anticolonial, and decolonial modes of thinking, but will also raise critical questions about what it means to decolonize the curriculum and how to foster a more inclusive and comprehensive understanding of literary studies.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Explain the changes and new cultural concepts in post-colonial British culture.
2) Evaluates the colonial period and post-colonial issues as literary
3) To define colonial and postcolonial attitudes, their influence on the production of literature, and the limitations they impose on the reception of literature

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction: Colonialism and Representation
2)	Theoretical Frameworks: Anticolonial Voices Fanon, “On Violence”; Achebe, “An Image of Africa”; Film: Battle of Algiers Workshop: Book jacket design Reading: Achebe, Things Fall Apart
3)	Colonial Trauma and Cultural Clash Continue Things Fall Apart
4)	Postcolonialism as a Critical Practice Film: Black Girl (Sembène, asynchronous) Ashcroft et al., The Empire Writes Back (excerpt); Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism (excerpt)
5)	Nationhood and Allegory National allegory and performative resistance
6)	Language, Voice, and Diaspora Kashyap, “Umricans”; Walcott, “Homecoming
7)	Visual Resistance: Postcolonial Comics -Joe Sacco, Palestine; Documentary: Hip Hop in the Holy Land; Malik Sajad, Munnu
8)	MIDTERM
9)	Hybridity and Mimicry Homi Bhabha, “Of Mimicry and Man” (excerpt)
10)	Postcolonial Aesthetics & Youth Identity Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
11)	Gender and Postcolonial Art Continue The Buddha of Suburbia (finish)
12)	Postcolonial Futurisms and Speculative Fiction Octavia Butler, “Bloodchild”
13)	Memory, Trauma, and Testimony
14)	FINAL EXAM

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Young, R. (2001). Postcolonialism: A Historical Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell. Loomba, Ania. (1998). Colonialism/Postcolonialism. London: Routledge. Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
References:	Young, R. (2001). Postcolonialism: A Historical Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell. Loomba, Ania. (1998). Colonialism/Postcolonialism. London: Routledge. Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2
Program Outcomes
1) Uses academic English language skills effectively.
2) Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.
3) Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features.	3	3
4) Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.
5) Learns about the correct pronunciation of English words
6) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.
7) Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way.
8) Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective.
9) To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types.
10) Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language.
11) Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language.
12) Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features.
13) Have sufficient knowledge of a second foreign language from other European languages
14) Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences.
15) Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups.
16) Acquires awareness of lifelong learning, the ability to access information, follow developments in science and technology, and constantly renew oneself.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Uses academic English language skills effectively.
2)	Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail.
3)	Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features.	3
4)	Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics.
5)	Learns about the correct pronunciation of English words
6)	Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples.	3
7)	Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way.
8)	Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective.
9)	To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types.
10)	Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language.
11)	Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language.
12)	Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features.
13)	Have sufficient knowledge of a second foreign language from other European languages
14)	Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences.
15)	Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups.
16)	Acquires awareness of lifelong learning, the ability to access information, follow developments in science and technology, and constantly renew oneself.

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 50
Final	1	% 50
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Preparation for the Activity	Spent for the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements	Workload
Course Hours	14	0	3		42
Study Hours Out of Class	16	0	5		80
Midterms	1	0	2		2
Final	1	0	2		2
Total Workload					126