Course Details
Country:
Spain
Institution:
Universidad de Zaragoza
Course Title:
Other Literatures in English
Course Number:
27840
Course Description:
Coming to Terms with Terminology: Colonial vs. Colonialist Literature; Postcolonial Literature; Commonwealth Literature; New Writing in English; Third World Literature, etc. Advantages and disadvantages of each of these denominations. Re-defining Contemporary 'english' Literature: Questioning the Anglo-Centric Cultural Tradition. Topic 2. India and Pakistan. Brief introduction to the British colonization of India. Analysis of Rudyard Kipling's "Lispeth"; Extracts from E.M. Forster's A Passage to India; R.K. Narayan's Waiting for the Mahatma; one short story from Rohinton Mistry's Tales from Firozsha Baag; and one short story from Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies. Topic 3. Australia and New Zealand. Brief introduction to the British colonization of Australia and New Zealand. Analysis of Katherine Mansfield's "Prelude" and Mudrooroo's Dr Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World. Topic 4. South Africa. Brief introduction to the British colonization of South Africa.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ENGH 367
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