ENG 3170 - Post-Colonial Literature

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University of North Carolina at Pembroke

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A critical study of selected literature written in English from regions in the former British empire, such as Africa, the Caribbean, the Indian Subcontinent, and South-East Asia,, covering representative authors and texts of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction prose. The course examines the literature in relation to historical, cultural, and social contexts especially those concerning British colonialism and the fall of empire in the last century, the establishment of new national identities, and issues such as hybridity, transnationalism, ethnicity and indigeneity, and feminism. Authors studied may include Chinua Achebe, Ama Aidoo, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Jamaica Kincaid, Naguib Mahfouz, Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie, and Hanan Al-Shaykb. Credit, 3 semester hours. PREREQ: ENG 3040 or permission of the instructor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uncp.edu

Phone Number:

(910) 521-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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