ENGL 0800E - African and Caribbean Tales of Transition

Institution:

Brown University

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Description:

This course concentrates on the "Bildungsroman" -- the novel of education -- in contemporary fiction by Anglophone African and Caribbean authors. Issues include the following: cultural, generational, and other differences; experience, memory and narrative; reality and fantasy. Particular attention to the interplay of form and content, as well as the relationship between literature and the real world "out there." Authors include: Peter Abrahams, Ngozi Adichie, Erna Brodber, Jamaica Kincaid, George Lamming, Ezekiel Mphahlele.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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