Research Guides: English: Global and Postcolonial Literature

Databases

In addition to the Database Best Bets under General Literature Resources, these are other helpful databases for finding relevant articles on global and postcolonial literature topics:

HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies)
Latin American works in social sciences and humanities. Produced by the Library of Congress.

Journals

These are just a few of the journals available online through the library:

Comparative Literature Studies
Comparative Literature "publishes comparative articles in literature and culture, critical theory, and cultural and literary relations within and beyond the Western tradition." Published by Penn State, the journal focuses on essays that range across the rich traditions of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Research in African Literatures
Research in African Literatures, the premier journal of African literary studies worldwide, serves as a stimulating vehicle in English for research on the oral and written literatures of Africa. Reviews of current scholarly books are included in every number, and a forum offers readers the opportunity to respond to issues raised in articles and book reviews.
Transnational Literature
This journal focuses on the literatures of India, Africa, the Caribbean, Canada and Australia, and all parts of the world where literature in English has been written. Transnational Literature is an an open access, refereed international e-journal published twice a year by the Flinders Institute for Research in the Humanities, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
Settler Colonial Studies
This journal is an expansive project that aims to "respond to a growing demand for reflection and critical scholarship on settler colonialism as a distinct social and historical formation." Settler Colonial Studies covers not only literature, but also history, sciences, and many others.

Books

Materials on Literature topics are found under the "P" category more generally. These books are found on the third floor of the Chester Fritz Library.

PN45-57	Literary Theory. Philosophy. Esthetics
PN851-(884)	Comparative literature
PJ	Oriental Languages and Literature
PK	Indo-Iranian Languages and Literature
PL	Languages and Literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
PM	Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages

Search the entire library catalog here.

Search terms that may be useful:

Postcolonial OR Post-colonial
Postcolonial Literature OR Literary
Postcolonialism OR Postcoloniality
Postocolonial Studies
British Imperial Experience

Movie / TV Adaptations

The library has a DVD collection which includes many film and television productions around global or postcolonial Literature. The following are only a few found on our third floor:

Apocalypse Now (based on novel "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad)
Chocolat - A young woman returns to Cameroon to trace her past.
A Doll's House - Nora is sheltered by her father then her husband... like a doll in a doll's house.
Kristin Lavransdatter (based on Sigrid Undset's 1928 Nobel prize-winning novel)
La bataille d'Alger / The battle of Algiers - Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950's.
Les Mierables (based on the novel by Victor Hugo)

To find movies and TV shows, see the DVDs and Streaming Video Guide where you will find instructions on how to search the library catalog for these items, and you will find a page for Streaming Videos, which includes Academic Video Online (AVON).

Encyclopedias

Online

Key Concepts in Postcolonial Literature
Provides an overview of the main themes, issues, and critical perspectives that have had the greatest effect on postcolonial literatures.
Routledge Literature Companions: The Routledge Companion to World Literature
In the age of globalization, the category of "World Literature" is increasingly important to academic teaching and research. The Routledge Companion to World Literature offers a comprehensive pathway into this burgeoning and popular field.

Physical

There are many available in the library. When searching, add the word Encyclopedia in front of any of the Book search terms above.