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2008-2009 Catalog of Courses [Archived Catalog]

ENGL 420 - Literature of India: Culture and Identity

3 hours
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: COMP 102 with “C” or better; Meets General Education requirements for Foundations in World Culture.
This course will re-examine canonical and representative texts from the Indian/English literary tradition and the increasingly popular contemporary and first generation Indian-American literature through the lenses ofcinema, drama, feminism, post- olonialism and cultural theory. Students will study the religious, philosophical, political and cultural contexts for all texts studied. Texts covered vary each year according to text and film availability.