EN 380 - Advanced Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies

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Colorado College

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Studies in a wide array of topics in American and British literature and media. Block 1: Advanced Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies: Beginnings. Prerequisite: 200 or 300-level lit course in CO, EN, or other literatures or consent of instructor. (Also listed as Comparative Literature 351.) 1 unit - Department. Block 3: Advanced Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies: The Romantic Vision. Prerequisite: English 221 or 250 or consent of instructor. (Also listed as Comparative Literature 300.) 1 unit - Davis. Block 3: Advanced Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies: Black Women Writers and Slavery. The theme of this course takes into account various strategies Black women writers have used to re-imagine themselves outside of the definitions that slavery and the popular imagination have imposed. We will examine different literary genres, as well as works written from the nineteenth century to the present. Texts include those that deal directly deal with slavery and those that do not. An important conceptual model for the course is of a palimpsest; thus our task is essentially an "archaeological" one as we reconstruct a hidden history and the efforts of some to write about it-on the blurred and erased pages of their sisters. We look mostly at contemporary writers like Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, Gayl Jones, Sherley Ann Williams, Alice Walker, and Angela Davis. We examine Black and white feminists' theories on the relationship between maternity and the maternal role and the historical literary processes of "degendering" and "regendering" Black womanhood. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as American Cultural Studies 200 and Feminist and Gender Studies 280.) 1 unit - Seward. Block 7: Advanced Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies: Borderlands, Theory, Song and Literature. This course is an in depth examination of the theoretical and literary productions of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Readings of foundational theorists such as Jose Vasconcelos, Americo Paredes, Octavio Paz, and Gloria Anzaldua will provoke discussions of rapidly evolving concepts of race, gender, and language. EN 250 and/or EN221 required, or consent of instructor. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Comparative Literature 351 and American Cultural Studies 253 and Southwest Studies 253.) 1 unit - Padilla. Block 8: Advanced Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies: The British Empire in Literature and Film. Prerequisite: English 221 or 250 or consent of instructor. 1 unit - Singh.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.coloradocollege.edu

Phone Number:

(719) 389-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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