HUM 370 - Distinct and Diverse Voices: the Worlds of Current International English Writers

3 Credit(s)

The intent of this course is to examine selected works from the growing body of postcolonial or international English writing and art. The works are from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Rim. Students will look at the cultural, social, historical, and political background of these works and the areas of the world they represent. The stories, novels, poems, plays, essays, music, art, and films read and viewed represent the diversity—and unity—of the multinational community we inhabit. Two major themes dominate the survey: first, the impact of whites upon the indigenous culture, and second, the problems of modernization, independent nation stature, and internal political corruption once the colonial power has been removed. The readings are all in their original English.