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Sep 17, 2024
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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.
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