CWL 190

Spring 2009 All Classes

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Lit of Asia & Africa II

Credit: 3 hours.

Comparative study of major works from Africa, the Middle East, South and East Asia, from the early modern to the contemporary period, emphasizing literary, cultural, philosophical, and religious traditions and cross-cultural contact. Topics studied may include Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Islam, colonialism and globalization. All readings in English.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - Non-West

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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CWL 190 class schedule data for spring 2009
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
30945	Discussion/ Recitation	ADA	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	65 Allen Residence Hall	Turkkan, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Non-Western Cultures course. Section Info: This section for Unit One and other LLC students.
30957	Discussion/ Recitation	ADF	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	1024 Foreign Languages Building	Mehta, R Wu, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Non-Western Cultures course.
30971	Lecture Lecture	AL1 AL1	11:00AM -11:50AM 6:00PM -8:50PM	MW W	140 Burrill Hall 140 Burrill Hall	Mehta, R Mehta, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/09-05/06/09 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Non-Western Cultures course. Section Info: Film Screening 6-9 M. TOPIC: Introduction to the Literature of Africa and Asia Part II This semester we will examine Literary and Cinematic representations of Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Globalization. �Not so very long ago, the earth numbered two thousand million inhabitants: five hundred million men, and one thousand five hundred million natives,� Sartre said in his introduction to Frantz Fanon�s Wretched of the Earth. We embark on our study of the last 500 years of African and Asian Literature (and a few decades of Cinema) with specific emphasis on those 1,500 million natives. Who were they? What were the historical forces that shaped their lives? Where did the West end and Non-West begin? As empires fell and nations rose, what happened to the wretched of the earth? What has happened to the First, Second, and the Third worlds? Has globalization created new voices? Why is nationalism a burden the non-West must bear? In our quest for answers to the above questions we will read novels, short stories, and poems (in translation), and watch select films (with subtitles) from a wide range of cultures.