ENGL 581

Fall 2011 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 22-Dec 7

Seminar Literary Theory

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Credit: 4 hours.

May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: A college course devoted entirely to criticism or consent of instructor.

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	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	40464	Lecture-Discussion	JB	3:30PM -5:20PM	M	Foreign Languages Building	Byrd, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/11-12/07/11 Section Title: Indigenous Critical Theory Section Info: Topic Section JB: Indigenous Critical Theory. Within postcolonial theory, scholars often draw distinctions between British formal colonial rule and settler colonialism, establishing the first as the normative process of economic and military domination and the second as a more humane and inevitable process. As a result, the pernicious colonizations of indigenous peoples within deep settler colonies such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States often remain the dark unarticulated given even in theories of decolonial resistance arising from the global south. This class proposes a dialogue of sorts amongst theoretical traditions to interrogate settler colonial "postcolonialities" and the lingering colonialist discourses within postcolonial theory that deconstruct when confronted by indigenous presences. How do theories of colonialism and postcolonialism prioritize certain geographical and historical contexts and in what ways do those theories succeed or fail in addressing indigeneity? How might indigeneity challenge postcolonial theory and how might indigenous scholars reframe those theories to address the ongoing colonizations that continue to define their lands, rights, and sovereignty? Finally, how might the intersection between postcolonial and indigenous critical theories provide new sites for interdisciplinary methods and inquiry? Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.