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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Fall 2024 |
| Registration ID | COMLH377A001 |
| Course Title | Problems in Postcolonial Literature: Imperial Intimacies |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Comparative Literature |
| Instructor | Millen,Alexander |
| Times and Days | MW 10:00am-11:25am
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| Room Location | HLL201 |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2635 This course mobilizes the concept of imperial intimacies to theorize the rich historical, imaginative, and political horizons of imperialism. Taking our cue from Hazel Carbys book of the same nameand from what Lisa Lowe has influentially described as The Intimacies of Four Continentsthis interdisciplinary class will study literary works (novels, memoir, poetry, film) that bring into critical focus the lasting contradictions and critical challenges of colonial and postcolonial literature and culture.; Crosslisted: English, Comparative Literature; Prerequisite(s): Two 200-level English courses or instructor consent; Enrollment Limit: 15 Div: III; Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts), B: Analysis of the Social World (; Hav: HU, A, B) |
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