ENGL 265 - Anglophone Postcolonial Literatures

Mode(s) of Instruction: Hybrid
FC ARHU CD WINT

4 credits
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.
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.
This course is cross-listed with CMPL 265

Course Last Offered/Scheduled: Spring 2021