ENG 647A - Contemporary British Literature

(3 units)

Cross-generic studies in British, Irish, and/or Commonwealth literature since World War II.

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Other

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. analyze key issues and ideas that shaped post-war British writing.
2. analyze contemporary British texts in their cultural and historical contexts.
3. identify and discuss the influence of the globe on British literature.
4. explain how local and global contexts of ideas or events result in nuanced or conflicting understandings of contemporary British literature.
5. produce writing of a professional quality that identifies the coordinates of the current scholarly conversation and presents a thesis that intervenes in the current scholarly conversation.

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