ENG 330 - Diverse Voices and Views (3)

Prerequisites: Sophomore status or permission of the instructor

This course invites students to explore the diverse and dynamic worldviews found in Anglophone literature, with a particular focus on voices from Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean. Students will examine how these voices connect to issues of identity and experience. They will engage with a range of texts to understand the complex perspectives written out of a history of colonialism, power, and resistance, and they will articulate how these perspectives may further be informed by race, gender, and ethnicity. Critical evaluation of these views and topics will enable students to develop nuanced knowledge of colonialism and its effects in historical and cultural contexts. Students will examine the literary conventions and innovations employed by Anglophone writers and craft original arguments about the power and necessity of storytelling.