The Literatures of Decolonisation

Education facts

Code: 5EN537

This course examines twentieth and twenty-first century literature in English which records and represents distinct periods of decolonisation. Earlier works reflect on decolonisation as the process and work of resistance and transformation at the ends of Empire and the achievement of liberation and independence. Later writing shows how the work of resistance and transformation persists and continues. You will learn about theories of postcolonialism and decolonisation and about the histories of particular regions, for instance the Caribbean and south Asia, and about instances of indigenous decolonization within settler colonial histories. You will learn about works of thinkers like Franz Fanon, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Gloria Anzaldúa and Walter Mignolo.

Entry requirements

120 credits. English A1, B1 and C1, or 90 credits in a language subject or in literary studies.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• The Literatures of Decolonisation

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 1 November 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %