ENGL 563

Spring 2021 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 25-May 5

Seminar Themes and Movements

Credit: 4 hours.

May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of graduate study of literature or consent of instructor.

My Favorites

My Schedule

Section Status updates every 10 minutes.

ENGL 563 class schedule data for spring 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39300	Online	AB	1:00PM -3:50PM	F	n.a.	Basu, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Title: Global Anglophone Nonfiction Section Info: Global Anglophone Nonfiction: As the title indicates, this course will take us through global Anglophone nonfiction from India (Amitav Ghosh), South Africa (Antjie Krog), Croatia (Slavenka Drakulic), Antigua (Jamaica Kincaid), and Guatemala (Rigoberta Menchu). The theoretical lens will involve trying to understand how these nonfictional texts push against what I would like to think of as ‘regimes of reality’ (drawing on Michel Foucault’s notion of ‘regimes of truth’). We will read not only Foucault in this regard, but also more recent theorists such as Rob Nixon, Walter Benn Michaels, Henry Twidle and David Shields who have contributed to the conversation by noting the contemporary boom in global nonfictional forms and a new normal that places a great creative and commercial premium on making a show of reality. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.