Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 11:30:08 -0600 (MDT)
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb-AT-gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: RE: Page on the term "postcolonial" (fwd)





You wrote:

>I have written a document entitled "'Postcolonial Literature': Problems
>with the Term" which is now on the Web at
><http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/anglophone/postcolonial.html>. It is aimed at
>my students studying the subject and is an attempt at articulating my own
>problems with the term and the concept. It is not meant to be a
>comprehensive overview or even a scholarly paper: just a pedagogical
>device, aimed especially at undergraduates and graduate students without
>much background in the field.
>
>I am looking for comments and suggestions.
>
>It also contains at the bottom a list of links for Web sources on
>Colonialism's "greatest hits." I am looking for pages on Rhodes in Africa,
>slavery on the sugar plantations of Jamaica and Cuba and a better account
>of the Belgians in the Congo. What I want are clear, factual, detailed
>expositions of events readable by intelligent undergraduates but based on
>scholarship--preferably with bibliographies attached. Suggestions for
>additions would be most welcome. The idea is to give a few quick, vivid
>examples for students whose knowledge of the subject is extremely vague.
>
>Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
>Pullman, WA 99164-5020
>brians-AT-wsu.edu
>http://www.wsu.edu/~brians



Dear Paul, 

	Would you kindly send me a printed copy of your document?  My
students & I are interested in this area-study; your thoughts will provide
some fresh insights.  Very many thanks in advance. 

							Muhammad Deeb

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Dr. M. Deeb
Dept of Comparative Literature,
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T6G 2E6





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