ENGL 6731

Last Updated

  • Schedule of Classes - January 9, 2020 9:13AM EST
  • Course Catalog - January 9, 2020 9:14AM EST

ENGL 6731
Politics of English and African Literature

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

Things Fall Apart has been translated into over 50 languages but has not yet been translated into Igbo, the author's mother tongue. Heart of Darkness would be a close equivalent if it had never been translated into Polish. How can it be that Africa's most famous book does not yet exist in Igbo? By looking at the growth and standardization of English first in England and then its implementation through colonial education in Africa, you will get a good grasp of the relationship between language, identity, and decolonization as a contradiction within the English metaphysical empire. We will therefore be exploring philological debates in Romantic England and post-colonial Africa.

When Offered Fall.

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17280 ENGL 6731   SEM 101

  •