| Course Title: Topics in English: 'Global Anglophone Literature: Who Writes the World?' |
| Start Date: 09/07/2022 End Date: 12/20/2022 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2022 |
| 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 |
| 09/07/2022 - 12/20/2022 | Discussion | Monday and Wednesday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 217 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 6 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Anil's Ghost Author: Ondaatje, Michael Copyright: 2001 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780375724374 Publisher: Vintage |
Required | 15.00 |
| Title: Nervous Conditions Author: Dangarembga, Tsitsi Copyright: 2004 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0954702336 Publisher: Lynne Reinner |
Required | 17.95 |
| Title: Ways of Dying Author: Mda, Zakes Copyright: 1995 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0195714989 Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Required | 20.00 |
| Title: Cracking India Author: Sidhwa, Bapsi Copyright: 1992 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Milkweed editions |
Required | 11.67 |
| Title: A Grain of Wheat Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Copyright: 2008 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780435909878 Publisher: Heinemann |
Required | 14.70 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |