ENGL 121: SPECIAL TOPICS IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES
University of California, Riverside
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or lower-division English course (other than composition); or consent of instructor. Analyzes colonial discourse and the postcolonial condition of Asia, Africa, or the Caribbean. Topics may include historiography and subalternity; nationalism, gender, and sexuality; neocolonialism and trans-nationality; and theorizing resistance and the postcolonial identity. Course is repeatable as content or topic changes to a maximum of 8 units.
Average GPA: 3.21
Grade distribution records: 201 students across 6 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 49 | 24.4% |
| A | 33 | 16.4% |
| A- | 27 | 13.4% |
| B+ | 12 | 6.0% |
| B | 24 | 11.9% |
| B- | 10 | 5.0% |
| C+ | 12 | 6.0% |
| C | 13 | 6.5% |
| C- | 8 | 4.0% |
| D+ | 1 | 0.5% |
| D | 6 | 3.0% |
| D- | 1 | 0.5% |
| F | 4 | 2.0% |
| W | 1 | 0.5% |
Based on 201 student grade records across 6 terms and 1 professor.
Instructors
- Weihsin Gui 59 students, Average GPA 3.25