ENGL 376 - SE ASIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Long Title: SOUTHEAST ASIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Department: English
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: An introductory course that surveys the literary history of English-language writing in Southeast Asia. This course examines twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels, short stories, and poetry from across the region, with a primary focus on literature from former colonies of the British and American empires—namely, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Attention will also be given to Vietnamese literature grappling with the legacies of American military intervention in the region. Situating this dynamic writing within the historical, cultural, and sociopolitical contexts of Southeast Asia, this course will introduce students to shared thematic engagements with anticolonial nationalism, the aftermath of war, modernization, urbanization, and globalization.