Life of Pi Postcolonial literature

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Chapter 1

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can.

Lesson plan

1. Check homework: Questions author's note
2. Assignment Postcolonial literature 
3. Silent reading
4. Homework Tuesday: Read chapter 4 until 30

Objectives of this lesson

• At the end of the lesson I know the difference betwee author and narrator
• At the end of the lesson I can explain what Postcolonial literature is;

• At the end of the lesson I can explain how Life of Pi fits into the Post-colonial literary tradition.

Assignment

• Group work (10 min)
• Each take turns reading the abstracts out loud
• Answer question about Salman Rushdie and Q 1, 2 and 3
• Discuss the questions and come to a consesus on the answers

What is post-colonialism?
Each group name 5 characteristics

Postcolonial Studies defenition

Postcolonial studies is the critical analysis of the history, culture, literature and modes of discourse that are specific to the former colonies of England, Spain, France and other European imperial powers.

These studies focus especially on the Third World countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean islands and South America. Some scholars, however, extend the scope of such analyses also to the discourse and culture of such countries as Australia, Canada and New Zealand, which achieved independence much earlier that the former mentioned Third World countries.

Most of the literature is written by writers from the (former) colonies and is about life in the (former) colonies. Sometimes novels written by authors from the colonizing countries, about life in the colonies is also seen as postcolonial literature.

Find a photo online that captures post-colonialism according to you.
Use one of the characteristics as a key word.

Assignment

• Group work: (5 min)
• Answer question 4 and 5
• Discuss the questions and come to a consesus on the answer

Silent Reading

Homework Tuesday: Chapter 4 until 30

Bring a quote to class that moved you or surprised you