English 341A - British Literature,1900-the Present:"Rule Britannia" to "Cool Britannia Majumdar

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Whitman College

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Description:

Examining literature produced in Britain from the end of the Second World War to the present, this course will discuss the following main questions: How does a society read its transition from global dominance and manifestly controlled homogeneity, to one of reduced international power, but vibrant cultural and racial difference How do changes in attitudes to gender, minority issues, and popular culture shape this reading How does contemporary literature confirm or contradict Britain's self-proclaimed "coolness" Writers may include Wodehouse, Lessing, Larkin, the Amises, Stoppard, Ishiguro, Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Jean Binta Breeze, A. L. Kennedy, and David Mitchell

Credits:

3.00 - 4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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