Primary Readings

Hello, post-colonial literature classmates.

Here are the readings that you should come prepared to discuss in class on Monday, February 23. Besides the novel The Hungry Tide, there are essays about the field of ecocriticism. There are also secondary readings posted, and essays about The Hungry Tide posted. We will also post discussion questions later on.

• The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

• Buell, Lawrence. "Ecocriticism: Some Emerging Trends." Qui Parle: Critical Humanities and Social Sciences 19.2 (2011): 87-115.

• Cilano, Cara and Elizabeth DeLoughrey. "Against Authenticity: Global Knowledges and Postcolonial Ecocriticism." Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 14.1 (2007): 71-87.