HENK0391JU English - Free topic 12: Re-Writing the Brontës (and postcolonial intertextuality)
Traditional postcolonial literature was said to write back to the centre of Empire through a rewriting of canonical texts. In this class, an exploration of the textual power of the Brontë sisters will be the starting point for a discussion of how Caribbean-born Jean Rhys and Caryl Phillips re-write, interrogate and write back to Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. What characterises a specific postcolonial intertextuality and why do these writers still feel the need to negotiate the Brontës in particular?
Reading list: Merle Collins, ‘Visiting Yorkshire Again’; Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre; Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea; Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights; Caryl Phillips, The Lost Child; Jean Rhys, ‘Let them call it Jazz’ and a selection of theory on postcolonial writing-back, intertextuality and rewriting.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 28
- Preparation
- 176,75
- Total
- 204,75
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other
Criteria for exam assesment
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HENK0391JU
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- See link to schedule
- Study board
- Study board of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Contracting department
- Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
Course responsibles
- Ulla Rahbek (4-857c7c715078857d3e7b853e747b)