ENGL 285

Fall 2013 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 26-Dec 11

Postcolonial Lit in English

Credit: 3 hours.

Examination of selected postcolonial literature, theory, and film as texts that "write back" to dominant European representations of power, identity, gender and the Other. Postcolonial writers, critics and filmmakers studied may include Franz Fanon, Edward Said, Aime Cesaire, Ousmane Sembene, Chinua Achebe, Michelle Cliff, Mahesweta Devi, Buchi Emecheta, Derek Walcott and Marlene Nourbese-Philip.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

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

Cultural Studies - Non-West

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ENGL 285 class schedule data for fall 2013
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32218	Lecture-Discussion	M	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	Noyes Laboratory	Koshy, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Non-Western Cultures course. Section Info: Global Fictions: This course examines the relationship between literature, culture, and the emerging world order. How does contemporary fiction in English represent the economic, political and cultural transformations of globalization? How have literary forms like the novel been reshaped by globalization? What new fictional forms have emerged to represent the nature of global interconnectedness today? What do these fictional works suggest about the possibility of comprehending and representing these global changes? This course will look at contemporary fiction in English from across the world paying attention to how the settings and histories depicted in these stories (South Africa, Delhi/Bangalore, London, Bangladesh, New Jersey) allow writers to reflect on changing experiences of time, space, and community in a globalizing world. The course will also include a few films that explore the networks linking local spaces to global systems and the effects of these transnational linkages on the everyday realities of individuals and societies. Likely films and novels include Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Jamaica Kincaid, A Small Place, Monica Ali, Brick Lane, J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace, Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke, and Stephen Frears, Dirty Pretty Things.