COD 2026 - S733
Face to face - Postcolonial Identity and Displacement in The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai, AS & A Level Literature in English
Literature, AS and A Level Teachers
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sesiones, inicia: 17-Abr
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Ciclo: 2026
Nivel: Secundaria
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Pospuesto
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Ms. Teresa Tiscornia
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Sesiones
| Sesiones | Fechas | Inicia | Termina |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Abril 2026 | 09:30 am | 12:30 pm |
Capacitador/es
Teresa Tiscornia
Literature, AS and A Level Teachers
Objectives
- Explore The Inheritance of Loss as a lens through which to examine the cultural, political, and psychological legacies of colonialism.
- Investigate how colonial histories continue to shape identity, migration, language, class and belonging through close literary analysis and engagement with postcolonial theory.
- Design student-centered activities around the novel.
- Evaluate the relevance of postcolonial theory in the classroom to build empathy, interpretation, and critical thinking in young readers.
- Explore The Inheritance of Loss as a lens through which to examine the cultural, political, and psychological legacies of colonialism.
- Investigate how colonial histories continue to shape identity, migration, language, class and belonging through close literary analysis and engagement with postcolonial theory.
- Design student-centered activities around the novel.
- Evaluate the relevance of postcolonial theory in the classroom to build empathy, interpretation, and critical thinking in young readers.
1) Historical and Cultural Context
The legacy of the British Empire in India, post-independence India and globalization.
The Gorkhaland movement as background context. Cultural displacement and inequality.
Excerpts: Edward Said, Orientalism
2) Identity and Hybridity
Sai and cultural in-betweenness. The judge and colonial mimicry. Biju and migrant identity. Language and belonging. Alienation.
Excerpts: Homi K. Bhabha, The Location of Culture
3) Space, Place, and Displacement
Kalimpong as a liminal space. The judge’s house as a colonial relic. Migration and the immigrant experience. Borders and belonging. Liminality, rootlessness.
Excerpts: Spivak, "Can the Subaltern Speak?
4) Narrative Form and Literary Techniques
Multiple perspectives, shifting settings, symbolism and imagery, irony and tone, narrative voice, motifs.
The legacy of the British Empire in India, post-independence India and globalization.
The Gorkhaland movement as background context. Cultural displacement and inequality.
Excerpts: Edward Said, Orientalism
2) Identity and Hybridity
Sai and cultural in-betweenness. The judge and colonial mimicry. Biju and migrant identity. Language and belonging. Alienation.
Excerpts: Homi K. Bhabha, The Location of Culture
3) Space, Place, and Displacement
Kalimpong as a liminal space. The judge’s house as a colonial relic. Migration and the immigrant experience. Borders and belonging. Liminality, rootlessness.
Excerpts: Spivak, "Can the Subaltern Speak?
4) Narrative Form and Literary Techniques
Multiple perspectives, shifting settings, symbolism and imagery, irony and tone, narrative voice, motifs.
- Read and discuss excerpts from key theorists.
- Collaborative breakdown of complex ideas for classroom adaptation.
- Close readings of The Inheritance passages from a postcolonial lens.
- Model exercises that mirror what students might do, then reflect on teacher facilitation.
- Collaborative breakdown of complex ideas for classroom adaptation.
- Close readings of The Inheritance passages from a postcolonial lens.
- Model exercises that mirror what students might do, then reflect on teacher facilitation.
Ashcroft, B., Griffiths, G., & Tiffin, H. (1989). The Empire Writes Back : Theory and Practice in post-colonial Literatures. W. Ross Macdonald School Resource Services.
Bhabha, H. K. (2004). The Location of Culture. Routledge.
Desai, K. (2015). The Inheritance of Loss. Penguin UK.
Said, E. W. (1978). Orientalism. Pantheon Books.
Bhabha, H. K. (2004). The Location of Culture. Routledge.
Desai, K. (2015). The Inheritance of Loss. Penguin UK.
Said, E. W. (1978). Orientalism. Pantheon Books.