ENGH256

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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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Course Restrictions

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