CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE (CL3035)

This course offers close engagement with recently translated fiction and poetry from around the globe. In addition to reading great contemporary writing, students are introduced to today’s new media landscape, which has taken on an increasingly important role in the promotion and evaluation of global literature. Units on the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

Code:

CL3035

Name:

CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE

Discipline:

CL (Comparative Literature)

Type:

Regular

Level:

Undergraduate

Credits:

Can be taken twice for credit?:

Pre-requisites:

None

Co-requisites:

None

Learning Outcomes

To examine the notion of "world literature" (origin and signification of the term)
To read across a spectrum of translated titles recently published in English.
To practice various forms of professional writing, including press copy and book reviews.
To obtain a basic familiarity with the critical landscape for literature in translation (online and print)
To discover emerging literary voices and cultures that are often under-represented in English.
To acquire, when relevant, contextual information concerning specific historical history developments relevant to a text.
To reinforce critical and close reading practices by a variety of means (oral presentation, professional writing exercises, response papers)

CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE (CL3035)

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