ENGL2052 — Contemporary World Literature
ENGL 2052 - Contemporary World Literature ENGL 2052 - Contemporary World Literature Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Course Description: This college literature course intended for all students explores and analyzes Contemporary World Literature from 1945 to the present. Topics may cover postcolonialism and decolonization; themes of post-war trauma, social critique, and political unrest across diverse cultures and regions; racial, gender, and religious based identity; intersectionality; the effect of increasingly globalized economies; and changes in societal power dynamics. Typical authors may include Chinua Achebe, V.S. Naipaul, Doris Lessing, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Octavio Paz, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Haruki Murakami, and Zadie Smith. MnTC Goals 6 Humanities/Fine Arts, 8 Global Perspective Major Content Contemporary World Literature (Postcolonialism, Postmodernism, 21st Century World Literature). Expanding the canon to include voices from traditionally underrepesented, underpublished, undertranslated, and oppressed groups. Cultural, political, economic, religious, social, and linguistic influences on Contemporary World Literature. Elements of literature, including plot, character, point of view, setting, theme, tone, and style. Techniques for close reading and interpretation. Learning
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052