Rethinking World Literature
ENGL 316
Spring 2022
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Globalization has changed the speed at which people, goods, information, and ideas circulate in space, altering how we read and write and what we read and write about. This course examines the resurgence of the category "world literature" to explore how globalization affects practices of writing and reading in the 21st century. What does the "world" in "world literature" mean, and who writes world literature? To better understand how economic, environmental, technological, and political transformations affect our understanding of world literature, we will read pivotal theoretical works in the expansive field of world literature alongside several recent novels that thematize these scales of global comparison. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, PURPLE HIBISCUS
Aravind Adiga, THE WHITE TIGER
Teju Cole, OPEN CITY
Omar El Akkad, WHAT STRANGE PARADISE
Marcial Gala, BLACK CATHEDRAL
Damon Galgut, THE PROMISE
Han Kang, THE VEGETARIAN
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Examinations and Assignments:
Essays
--Two 5 pp. response papers
--One 10-15 pp. paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to fulfillment of ENGL major requirements:
Class of 22: Literatures of Difference, Race and Ethnicity concentration, elective.
Class of 23 and beyond: Lit Hist. 3, World Lit., Theory, elective
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| Instructor(s): Saint,Lily Leopold Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: RUSSMILLET; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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