ENG 366: Magic and Empire Around the World: Colonial to Post-Colonial Literature

Essential to understanding contemporary global culture, colonial literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth century justified the rule of colonies from Europe, particularly Britain’s empire. Postcolonial literature of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries highlights the lingering traumas of colonialism and imperialism which were left behind by the clash of cultures with unequal distributions of power. This course is designed to acquaint students with significant colonial and postcolonial narratives from around the world. Themes of identity, language, race, religion, and gender will inform readings of magical realism and representations of exotic others. [AREA 4]