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Academic Year 2004/2005


Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 275 FA

This course will introduce the student to literary texts from a variety of countries representing formerly colonized nations in what is sometimes also called the Third World, such as India, Nigeria, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Trinidad and Brazil. Among other issues, we will discuss whether, in fact, we are justified in discussing a literary genre called Third World or Postcolonial, what its attributes are, if we are so justified, and what happens to a text from the Third World when it is read within the First World.

MAJOR READINGS

Selected authors may include Naipaul, Kureishi, and others.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two 5-page and one 10-page essays.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005


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