ENG 300 - "British" Literature III: From Empire to Post-Colonialism

Institution:

Roger Williams University

Subject:

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Description:

Fulfills a course requirement in the English Literature Core ConcentrationPrerequisite: ENG 100 (or CW 210 and CW 220) and 200 or 300 levelWTNG courseThis course surveys later 20th- and 21st- century- "British" literaturewith a focus on "literatures of empire" that both shaped andsubverted the notion of the British Empire. It introduces a senseof literary history, as well as an understanding of socio-culturalideologies and historical events that these texts both reflect andproject (e.g., the rise of British imperialism, the growing awarenessand subversion by British colonial subjects). This course carries aheavy reading load in both primary texts and cultural backgrounds. Itincludes a variety of genres, but the focus is on the novel. The coursewill pair texts that derive complexity from conjunction (e.g., JosephConrad's Heart of Darkness and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart;E.M. Forster's A Passage to India and Salmon Rushdie's Midnight'sChildren).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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