HENA01103U English - Elective 2: Theme in Postcolonial Studies A: The Black Atlantic
This course is inspired by Paul Gilroy’s seminal work The
Black Atlantic (1993) in which Gilroy re-explores the former
Triangular Trade Routes as significant ‘cultural’ trade routes that
initiated a vibrant global spreading and transformation of
African-derived cultures in new geographical domains. Gilroy
employs ‘the ship’ as an emblem of cultural passage and of a
discursive process through which black peoples, cultures and ideas
also came to influence and challenge Western modernity culture and
perceptions of race, blackness, and identity. The Black Atlantic
refers to a transnational and transcultural perception of identity
which is dynamic, fluid and constantly in process - like ‘the ship’
always in transit and passage. Black Atlantic culture comes into
being ‘in-between’ departure and arrival. From this vantage point
we shall study a diverse selection of texts (from slave narratives
and colonial documents, to contemporary literature, film and music
as well as critical writings and theory) in the attempt to
understand the hugely significant dialogical relationship between
roots and routes, History and story, home and belonging that was
first set in motion by the slave trade of imperial times.
This course may both be taken in tandem with or independently from
‘Introduction to Postcolonial Studies’.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 42
- Preparation
- 162,75
- Total
- 204,75
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other
Criteria for exam assesment
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HENA01103U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Bachelor
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- See link to schedule
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study board of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting department
- Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Course responsibles
- Eva Rask Knudsen (5-6e7b6a7c7449717e7637747e376d74)