Decolonizing British Literature

 

In this section you will find helpful links created specifically for the

needs of ENGL 215 students

 

Syllabus

If you are taking this class please make sure you have the most up to date syllabus found in your Canvas class modules. 

Class Text

The Mere Wife - The library has a copy of this book on "course reserve" in the LRC, on the 1st floor. The course reserve number for this book is PS3608.E233 M47 2018 . You can go into the library and check out course reserve books for two hours at a time, within the building. There are copiers and free scanners available for you to use during that time. 

Scanning Service- The library staff are able to scan up to 20% of any book within the building and send it to you via email for free. If you are interested in this service click here for the student scanning form that you will need to fill out in order to make the request. 

Resources of Interest

General Interest

• British Asians- An article that outlines the history of Asian people in Britain

• “Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the Tyranny of Language” by Francis Wade -  An article regarding “Movements across Africa and elsewhere have advocated a revival of local languages in their countries’ literary output, while translation projects have sought to both expand the non-English audience for African writers, and to “return” African literature to its native soil.”

• The Public Medievalist- The Public Medievalist is a volunteer, scholar-run online magazine devoted to the idea that the Middle Ages matter to people today. Our goal is simple: to present compelling, exciting, meaningful medieval histories that showcase the best of contemporary scholarship in a way that is accessible and enjoyable to the public for free.

English Drama

• General

• Shakespeare

  • Roberto Fernández Retamar - connection to depiction of Caliban from Shakespeare’s The Tempest

British Slavery

• Britains Forgotten Slave Owners-  “How Britain as we know it was built on the profits of slavery, with abolition involving the shocking decision to compensate slave owners for their loss of 'property'.”

• The History of British Slave Ownership Has Been Buried: Now its scale can be revealed- “A new BBC documentary tells how a trove of documents lays bare the names of Britain’s 46,000 slave owners, including relatives of Gladstone and Orwell”

• The First Black Britons- BBC History article

• Britain, Slavery and the Trade in Enslaved Africans- History in Focus article by Marika Sherwood

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English Literature

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Depiction of Women

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Streaming Video

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