Managing Difference: The Postcolonial and the Premodern
ENGL 342
Fall 2006 not offered
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Curiously, literatures considered very modern (postcolonial literatures) and those considered very old (medieval and Anglo-Saxon) are read through the lens of difference, that is, across a supposedly unbridgeable chasm created by time, language, and culture. Interestingly, as literary texts, both medieval and postcolonial literatures raise the same theoretical issues in reading, teaching, and research. What happens if we juxtapose these texts? This class will examine Western representations of otherness: how is the ancient past which is "ours" represented? How is the contemporary, global present and future used and marketed? In addition to representation, we will consider the issues of literacy/textuality, marketing, technologies of publication and dissemination, editing and translation, etc. We will conclude by questioning the appropriateness of current theoretical approaches to the fields of medieval and postcolonial literatures: what interests are served in academic discussions of alterity? |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
CANTERBURY TALES
BEOWULF
PEARL
SIR GAUAIN
DECOLONIZING THE MIND, Ngugi
IMAGINED COMMUNITIES, Anderson
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN, Rushdie
Selections from MACAULAY
NO SWEETNESS HERE, Ama Ata Aido
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Examinations and Assignments:
In class midterm
Take Home Final
3-4 page essays |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Attendance, Participation.
This course meets the department's Theory requirement. |
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