EL 4300 - 20th Cen.Lit.:Colonial & Post

Institution:

SUNY College at Old Westbury

Subject:

English

Description:

20th Century Literature Colonialism & Post- Colonialism. This course explores selected works of U.S. and British literature in the context of 20th Century history: imperialism, colonialism, and postcolonialism - "The Empire" and "The Empire Strikes Back." We shall read writing from the first half of the century - by such authors as Joseph Conrad, Gertrude Stein, Wilfred Owen, T.S. Eliot, and Virginia Woolf - and its development and critique in more recent works by writers such as George Lamming, Doris Lessing, Joseph Heller, John Sayles, Jamaica Kincaid, and Zadie Smith. Offered annually. Prerequisite: EMS

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.oldwestbury.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 876-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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