ESH7076
The Global Contemporary
Level 7 (30 credits)
This module will explore contemporary writing from around the world, using different postcolonial approaches to frame our discussions. We will consider these texts in relation to recent social, political, and cultural developments across the globe. Predominantly examining anglophone texts, but also including some texts in translation, this module will think about how contemporary postcolonial literature interrogates and re-examines topics such as nationhood, migration, identity, resistance, decolonisation, environmental crisis, conflict, the politics of the literary market place, and their gendered, racialised and classed dynamics in the 21st century.
Preparing for this module and approximate costs:
There is no advance preparation for this module. Students may benefit from taking ESH7070: 'From the Postcolonial to the Global: Literature and Theory' in Semester 1, but this absolutely not a prerequisite.
A list of primary reading will be available at the beginning of the academic year. Students are encouraged to purchase copies of the primary texts. Note that these costs can be often be reduced by purchasing items second-hand or borrowing them from the Library, where one or two copies will be available.
There is some content covered on the programme that you may find challenging and sensitive. We do not issue content notes for individual texts (written, performance, visual, sonic etc.), but please do contact your module tutor and/or convenor and/or adviser if you have concerns or problems relating any of the content, themes or discussions.
Programme |
MA English Literature |
Learning Context |
Long Seminar |
Semester |
Semester 2 |
Assessment |
1. Essay (4000 words) 100% |
Contact |
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School of English and Drama, Queen Mary University of London
Contact: sed-information@qmul.ac.uk
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