LITERATURE 153 - The Postcolonial Novel.Staff

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Claremont McKenna College

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Description:

This course will examine how writers from outside the metropolis have adapted a Western literary genre, the Bildungsroman or "novel of formation," to narrate thedifficult process of growing up. Reading these novels will provide introduction to a number of key issues in postcolonial studies, including identity and racial difference, nationalism and diaspora, and cultural mimicry and hybridity. Readings will include novels by James Joyce, George Lamming, V.S. Naipaul, Paule Marshall, Salman Rushdie, Buchi Emecheta, Jamaica Kincaid, and Romesh Gunesekera. Offered occasionally.

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1.50

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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