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| English 293.001: Later World Literature This course introduces students to some of the most important and influential works of world literature from the eighteenth century through the present, a period when the various regions of the world were growing increasingly interdependent and interconnected. Emphasizing cultural contact and exchange, our readings draw upon the great traditions of Europe, the Americas, Africa, India, China, Japan, and Egypt, and other regions. In the first section, we will read some of the important travel narratives of the eighteenth century, beginning with Voltaire's hapless traveler Candide, followed by narratives from the Muslim traveler Abu Taleb, the African slave Olaudah Equiano, and the Japanese pilgrim, Matsuo Basho. From eighteenth-century travel narratives we move to Romanticism and Realism, emphasizing in the latter part of this unit the cultural and literary relations between East and West. Finally, we turn to the twentieth century, where we study the the modernist and postmodernist, colonial and postcolonial, literatures of Europe, Africa, Japan, India, and the American borderlands. Authors whom we will study include Pu Song-ling, Pushkin, Flaubert, Ghalib, Conrad, Achebe, Cesaire, Pardo Bazan, Tanezaki, Desai, Narayan, Silko, and Danticat, among others. Throughout we will track the diverse threads that make up the rich tapestry of our increasingly global world culture. Requirements include a few short response papers, quizzes, and exams. (This course counts towards the Humanities Core requirement for the College of Arts and Sciences.) |
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