Contemporary Anglophone Literature

3.0 credits · Undergraduate

“Anglophone” literature refers to literature written in English, usually British literature and literature by authors from or living in countries where English was originally a language of colonization. This course will focus on contemporary Anglophone prose—novels, short short stories, personal essays— from a variety of national locations. Authors will include some of the following: Chimamanda Adichie (Nigeria/United States) Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe); Anita Desai (India); Bernardine Evaristo (England); Kazuo Ishiguro (England); Eimear McBride (Ireland); Paul Murray (Ireland); Arundahti Roy (India); Zadie Smith (England/United States); Douglas Stewart (Scotland). The course will also introduce historical contexts and critical frameworks to consider how Anglophone literatures enter, alter, and create literary traditions. (ENGL-PST)