LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAS   [Archived Catalog]
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog
   

ENGLIT 0573 - LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAS


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Literature of the Americas introduces students to important issues in the study of literature and culture by focusing on colonial and postcolonial traditions in regions of the Americas beyond the United States. Beginning with the European "discovery" of the "new world", it examines comparatively literary and other texts from Britain, the West coast of Africa, the US, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America, tracing the emergence of distinctive literary traditions and preoccupations of the Americas through to significant modern incarnations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (ENGCMP 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or 0004 or 0006 or 0020) or (FP 0003 or 0006) or ENG 0102 or (ENGR 0012 or 0712 or 0715 or 0716 or 0718)


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