Spring 2018  |  ENGL 5090 Section 001: Readings in Special Subjects -- Political Novels (67342)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
1-4 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Meets With:
ENGL 5090 Section 003
ENGW 5130 Section 001
ENGW 5310 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Tue 03:35PM - 06:05PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 207A
Enrollment Status:
Closed (7 of 7 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
General background preparation for advanced study. Diverse selection of literatures written in English, usually bridging national cultures and time periods. Readings specified in Class Schedule.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?vganesha+ENGL5090+Spring2018
Class Description:
In this seminar, we will read novels (and a few short stories) by writers concerned with politics and the political. What makes fiction political? Can writers incorporate history, research, and political and moral stances into creative work without sounding didactic or pedantic? What makes a novel political and not merely historical? The class will also incorporate the option of workshop; logistics for this will depend somewhat on the number of people in the class. Reading may include Chimamanda Adichie, Chinua Achebe, Han Kang, James McPherson, Arundhati Roy, Robert Penn Warren, James Baldwin, James McBride, Amy Waldman, Mohsin Hamid, Dana Spiotta, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Isabel Allende, Rohinton Mistry, and Nadine Gordimer.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67342/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 November 2017

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