NELK – Introduction to Anglophone Cultures and New Literatures in English

The course offers a general introduction to the history and scope of the study of the New Literatures in English as an academic field; an overview of the rise and demise of the British Empire; an introduction to literary and cultural theory focussing on concepts such as Commonwealth Literature, cultural nationalism, Third World Literature, diaspora, postcolonialism and transculturality; a survey of comparative methodology in English Studies; and introductory profiles on Black and Asian British literature and of literary, cultural and historical developments in West, East and Southern Africa, the Caribbean, South Asia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Region.