Decolonisation: Writing, Literature, Politics (Q3309)

30 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

‘Decolonisation’ has become an important process and central debate across the educational, cultural, and heritage sectors. This module will explore the varied histories and material realities of decolonisation.

In this module, we’ll explore:

  • a wide variety of texts, including short stories, films, poetry, music, visual art, theory, and drama
  • the connections between decolonisation and literature
  • the complex relationships between writing, identity, and race.

Teaching

50%: Lecture
50%: Seminar

Assessment

100%: Coursework (Portfolio)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 44 hours of contact time and about 256 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.