ENG3800 World Literature
Study of selected works of European, Asian, African and Latin American literatures (in English translation), are taught from historical and cultural critical perspectives. Offered fall of alternate years.
Course Types
Expression; Literature; Advanced Studies; Advanced Literature; International Business- Global Politics and Society Course
Notes
Satisfies the departmental global/multicultural requirement.
Course Outcomes
- Students will:
1. Read a broad range of poetry, drama, and fiction by Western and non-Western writers (and those in-between), as well as a number of essays by major post-colonial theorists/critics.
2. Interpret texts both in discussion and in writing through close reading, intertextual analysis, historical contextualization, and, primarily, through applied theory.
3. Consider the relationship between theory and texts by adopting diverse theoretical lenses to examine the works of post-colonial writers.
4. Become familiar with a series of concepts related to post-colonial studies: cosmopolitanism, nationalism, multiculturalism, hybridity, transnationalism, etc.
5. Investigate the idea of “post-coloniality” as a potentially useful way to approach contemporary culture.
6. Draw continuities across the multiplicity of texts and concepts that have been labeled “post-colonial.”