ENG 107 - Postcolonial Literature

Institution:

Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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Description:

Through a close reading of both European and non-European literary and theoretical works, this course will explore the central economic, political, and psychological problems left in the wake of the period of decolonization in the third quarter of the twentieth century. Issues addressed in the class will include: the impact of colonialism upon the psyches of colonizer and colonized alike, the representation of colonized cultures in European consciousness along with challenges to those representations, the instrumental role of paradigms of gender in patterns of colonial domination, the interrelationship between racial, sexual, and economic forms of oppression, and the issue of cultural authenticity as it relates to language and emergent postcolonial identities. Prerequisites of ENG 1 and ENG 2 are required.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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