ENGL 245 Global Voices

3 Credit(s)

This course provides a critical introduction to literature written in what has become arguable the globe’s primary language of commerce, government, law, and education. The course examines fiction writers, playwrights, and poets from locations outside England and North America who have claimed the English language as their own and used it with energy and creative verve. Readings will survey works in English from Africa, Asia, and Australia, among other places, with attention o their heterogeneity and complexity. Key topics include identity, nationalism, gender, feminisms, memory, conflict, exile, nostalgia, postcoloniality, and citizenship.

Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International