Description: This session conceptualizes the state of the field of postcolonial literary criticism through the lens of a single work of literature. Each presenter selects a single creative work from any historical period to show how that work facilitates generative discussions about the state of postcolonial critique in our moment.

Speakers

Mrinalini Chakravorty, U of Virginia

Zahid R. Chaudhary, Princeton U

Eva Cherniavsky, U of Washington, Seattle

Ato Quayson, Stanford U

Presider

Yogita Goyal, U of California, Los Angeles