ENG 238 - Crossroads of World Literature

Crossroads of World Literature engages students in a cross-cultural exploration of world literatures, focusing upon contemporary and twentieth-century literatures from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean. We consider the manner in which the oral and literary traditions of these societies have endured and changed, especially in the context of colonial and postcolonial struggles from the twentieth century to the present. Using the crossroads as a metaphor, we examine the ways in which postcolonial world literatures engage and challenge Western literary and cultural discourses.

Credits 4

Area
Humanities

Division
Arts and Humanities

Foundation
Beyond the West

Compass Attributes
Humanities, Structures of Power and Inequality, Global Honors, Taylor and Lane Scholars, Writing