担当教員：メアリー ナイトン
講義題目：(Post)Colonial Subjects in World Literature
In this course, we begin by exploring history and theories of (post)colonialism and empire under the burgeoning forces of capitalism and modernity. In doing so, we consider how and why the discourse of imperialism has been so subdued, if not absent, until only recently in the field of (U.S.) American Studies, and how to relate it to the “area studies” of Japan in Asia. We will ask how both colonizers and colonized represent and navigate such thorny issues as atrocity, reparations, national shame, reconciliation, corruption, and gender trouble. We will read theoretical texts, which may include Negritude writers, Said, Spivak, Bhabha, Gilroy, Hardt & Negri, Maruyama Masao, Oguma Eiji, Harootunian, Miyoshi, and McClintock, among others. As we develop a theoretical and historical grounding in the field, we will read more widely in the aesthetics and politics of postcolonial subjects in fiction, primarily based on student research interests, if possible. Works may include those by writers as diverse as Melville, Twain, Orwell, Kipling, Conrad, Haggard, Yokomitsu Riichi, Edogawa Rampo, Tamura Toshihiko, Rhys, Kincaid, Chang Rae-Lee, Lamming, Ba, Naipul, Achebe, Ngugi, Rushdie, Monica Ali, and Coetzee.
Evaluation will be based on two papers, one short and the other a final research paper, as well as participation/attendance.