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Mar 28, 2024
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ENGL 265 - Anglophone Postcolonial Literatures Semester Offered: Second 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. Diversity, Post-1900.
Enrollment Limit: 25 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 cross-listed with CMPL 265. This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
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