CMLT0373A-S20
Postcolonial Literature City
Please register via ENAM 0373A
Postcolonial Literature 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)
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)
- Term:
- Spring 2020
- Location:
- Axinn Center 220(AXN 220)
- Schedule:
- 12:15pm-1:30pm on Monday, Wednesday (Feb 10, 2020 to May 11, 2020)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Yumna Siddiqi
- Subject:
- Comparative Literature
- Department:
- Comparative Literature
- Division:
- Literature
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- CMP LIT SOC
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- ENAM0373A-S20 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 21747
- Subject Code:
- CMLT
- Course Number:
- 0373
- Section Identifier:
- A