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| ENGL 36600 - Postcolonial Lit |
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3.0 | LEC 3 3.0 |
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Liberal Arts Department: English Course Attributes: S General Education, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an appreciation and analytical understanding of non-Western literature and culture from the formerly colonized world. 2. Develop a foundational knowledge of historical contexts, scholarly approaches, and theoretical perspectives to literary text formulate significant critical questions about language, gender, sexuality, race, and/or ethnicity and how identity shapes our lives, experiences, institutions, and cultures, particularly in the context of imperialism / colonialism. 3. Gain a complex understanding of global cultures. 4. Gain an introductory knowledge of postcolonial literary theory. 5. Improve close reading and textual analysis skills. 6. Improve critical thinking skills: improve formal writing skills: use textual evidence to support their views, effectively incorporating (and correctly citing) primary and scholarly secondary sources in their writing and class discussion. |
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