The Empire Writes Back: Readings in Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 239
Fall 2013
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01
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| Course Cluster: African Studies |
This course is organized around some central concerns of postcolonial thought and considers works by colonial and postcolonial writers who explore these themes. Among the issues we will address are the relationship of physical conquest to literary authority; how gender, race, and identity are represented in colonial and postcolonial locations; the role of literature and culture in processes of colonization, decolonization, and neocolonization; and the relationship between oral and written cultures. Our case studies will be drawn from Algeria, the Caribbean, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, the United States, and Zimbabwe. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Albert Memmi, THE COLONIZER AND THE COLONIZED (1957)
Tsitsi Dangarembga. NERVOUS CONDITIONS (1988)
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, THIS EARTH OF MANKIND (1980)
Jamaica Kincaid, A SMALL PLACE (1988)
Junot Diaz, DROWN (1996)
Mohsin Hamid, THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST (2008)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Essays
--Five 2 pp. single-spaced response papers.
--One 7-10 pp. paper
Presentation
Each student will be responsible for beginning discussion during one of our class meetings as part of a group presentation. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the Literatures of Difference requirement of the English major and contributes to the fulfillment of the Race & Ethnicity concentration; it fulfills the Research Option requirement for senior thesis writers. |
| Instructor(s): Saint,Lily Leopold Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: ZLKA106; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 8 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 5 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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