ENGL 420 - Literature of India: Culture and Identity

3 hours
Prerequisites: COMP 202 with grade of ‘C’ or better.
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.