CMPL 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. This course can count towards GSFS

Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: A. Needham

Prerequisites & Notes: Students should have completed a Writing Intensive course or gained Writing Certification in any course in the humanities. Requirements can be waived with instructor consent.
Cross List Information: This course is crosslisted with ENGL 265.
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality, Feminist Studies