ENGL2051 — Modern World Literature
ENGL 2051 - Modern World Literature ENGL 2051 - Modern World Literature Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Course Description: This literature course intended for all students will introduce Modern World Literature from the first half of the 20th century, examining poetry, fiction, and drama from a global perspective. The course explores writers in response to the political, social, and cultural transformations of the modern world. Typical authors may include Franz Kafka, Lu Xun, Chinua Achebe, Virginia Woolf, Pablo Neruda, and Rabindranath Tagore. MnTC Goals 6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective Major Content Colonialism and postcolonialism Modernism and early postmodernism The expanding canon: voices from colonized and marginalized communities in response to power structures and the shifting of overriding narratives Cultural, political, and historical influences Elements of literature: plot, character, setting, and style Approaches to reading: close analysis and comparative contexts Learning
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052