CMPL 265 - Anglophone Postcolonial Literatures

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality, Feminist Studies
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

An introduction to Anglophone literatures of Africa, South Asia and their diasporas, this course addresses (and historicizes) the politics of their production and reception, focusing particularly on their engagement with the politics of (i) gender and sexuality; (ii) regional and national socio-cultural formations and their ideologies; (iii) resistance and/or conformity with western canons of taste, styles/genres. Postcolonial and feminist theories regarding “marginality”/”location,” “identity”/”experience,” and “alterity”/”difference” constitute important analytic lenses for examining these literatures.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: A. Needham
Prerequisites & Notes
For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled ‘200-level courses.’
Cross List Information This course is crosslisted with ENGL 265.