| Course Title: Topics in English: 'Global Anglophone Literature: Who Writes the World?' |
| Start Date: 08/30/2021 End Date: 12/13/2021 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2021 |
| Description: This course introduces the literature of the former British colonies (South Asia, Anglophone Africa, Caribbean, and Canada). Some topics under consideration are colonialism and society, postcolonial disillusionment, neoliberalism, human rights storytelling, and ecocriticism. Readings include Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta, Maps by Nuruddin Farah, Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje, The Cry of Winnie Mandela by Njabulo Ndebele, and Animal's People by Indra Sinha. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Arpita Mandal | amandal@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021 | Discussion | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 318 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: A man of the People Author: Achebe, Chinua Copyright: 1989 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Penguin Books; Reissue edition |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: July's People Author: Gordimer, Nadine Copyright: 1982 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Penguin Books; First edition |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: Animal's People : A Novel Author: Sinha, Indra Copyright: 2009 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Simon & Schuster; |
Required | 16.00 |
| Title: Wide Sargasso Sea Author: Rhys, Jean Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; |
Required | 14.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Please buy used copies - the prices listed here mostly reflect new copy costs Feel free to use free digital versions if you find any! Look here for used copies- https://bookshop.org/ |