ENGH256
Anglophone Literature Post-1900: Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition
English
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
ENGH
Course Number
256
Status
Active
Course Attributes
BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, MECW: Major-English:CreativeWriting, MEWC: Major-English:Writing/Comms, ENEL: Minor-Engl:Literature Elective, NENL: Minor-English:Literature
Course Short Title
Anglophone Lit. Post-1900
Course Long Title
Anglophone Literature Post-1900: Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition
Course Description
Explores the dynamic relations among author, reader, theme, form, culture, and intertextuality through an examination of representative post-1900 texts from English-speaking nations of Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia. Topics may include the decline of European colonialisms, the rise of post-colonial cultures, Cold War and post-Cold War politics, migration, urbanism, and transnational feminism. Writers may include Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid, Rabindranath Tagore, Vikram Seth, Michael Ondaatje, Doris Lessing, and Ama Ata Aidoo. Students may also explore how these literatures interact with post-colonial cinemas.
Min
4
Repeatable
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Equivalent Course(s)
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