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ENGL275

Postcolonial Literature ENGL275 SP

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times	POI	Prereq
1	75	0	Times: M.W.... 2:40PM-4:00PM;	No	No

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999 )

This course will introduce the student to literary texts from a variety of countries representing formerly colonized nations in what is now sometimes 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/creating a literary genre called Third World or Postcolonial, what are its attributes 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 Bharati
Mukherjee, V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Buchi
Emecheta, Jamaica Kincaid, and others.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two 5-page and one 10-page essays.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course counts toward the English Department's historical knowledge requirement. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Karamcheti, I; Times: M.W.... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;; Grading Mode: Mixed; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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