English 45C
Literature in English: Mid-19 th Through the 20 th Century
Book List
Achebe, C.: Things Fall Apart; Conrad, J.: Heart of Darkness; Hosseini, K.: The Kite Runner; Morrison, T.: Beloved; Ramazani, J., et al: The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry (Volume I): Modern Poetry; Silko, L.M.: Ceremony; Woolf, V: Mrs. Dalloway; Course Reader
Description
This survey course of literature in English from the mid-nineteenth century to the present will consider a variety of literary forms and movements in their historical and cultural contexts. We�ll read literature in English not only by English and European American writers, but by Irish, African, Native American, African American, and Afghanistan American writers. We�ll consider the literature of colonization and imperialism and the counter literature that it inspires. We�ll examine recurrent transcultural themes: the relationship between past and present, surviving historical trauma, the transmission of oral traditions and indigenous epistemologies, and the influence of notions of race, ethnicity, class, nationality, and gender on subject formation. We�ll also do close readings. There will be three two 5-page essays, a midterm, and a final examination.
Fall, 2013
Spring, 2013
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Spring, 2012
Fall, 2011
Spring, 2011
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