| Course Title: Self, World, Other: Reading the Global Anglophone |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| Description: This course will introduce you to the study of literature in English across connected pasts and global circulations. We will focus on works from the former British Empire-mainly Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean-though our inquiry extends to the shared and ongoing conditions of colonialism in the 20th and 21st centuries. Through novels, poetry, and cinema, we will explore questions of citizenship and exile, racialization and identity, language and politics, and collective life under globalized capitalism. We will ask: what constitutes the world of literature? Who inhabits its centers and margins? We will explore works by Walcott, Roy, Ngugi, Ghosh, Dangaremba, and Coetzee, amongst others. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Arnav Adhikari | arnavadhikari@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Seminar | Monday and Wednesday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ENGL0001 | ENGL-HP: Literary History and Period | This course has been approved to count towards the English major's Literary History and Period Disciplinary Perspectives requirement. |
| ENGL0002 | ENGL-RP: Race, Power, and Difference | This course has been approved to count towards the English major's Race, Power, and Difference Disciplinary Perspectives requirement. |
| CRPE0001 | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor. |
| CRPE0007 | CRPE-RE: Representation Courses | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Representation requirement. |
| SASIA0001 | SASIA: South Asian Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the South Asian Studies major. |
| ASIAN0001 | ASIAN: Asian Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Asian Studies minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 0 | Available: 18 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |