Middlebury

ENGL 0373

Postcolonial Literature City

Postcolonial Literature and the City
In this course we will examine a number of novels from the 20th and 21st centuries that are about life in the city, taking a global and trans-national approach. We will explore formations of urban life alongside transformations in the novel as a genre. We will put these novels of city life in dialogue with critical theory—that is, theories of culture and society that have as their aim human emancipation (for example, Marxism, feminism, critical race studies, and postcolonial studies). The novels we read will reflect important literary movements such as realism, modernism, and postmodernism. (Not open to students who have taken ENAM 0447) (Rec) (Formerly ENAM 0373)
Subject:
English
Department:
English
Division:
Literature
Requirements Fulfilled:
CMP LIT SOC
Equivalent Courses:
ENAM 0462
ENGL 0354
ENGL 0462
IGST 0354
ENAM 0373
IGST 0373

Sections in Spring 2020