CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE in Spring 2023 (CL3035)

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This course offers close engagement with recently translated fiction and poetry from around the globe. In addition to reading great contemporary writing, students are introduced to today’s new media landscape, which has taken on an increasingly important role in the promotion and evaluation of global literature. Units on the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

Course Master: 
CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE (CL3035)
Term: 
Spring 2023
Discipline: 
CL (Comparative Literature)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 12:30
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Daniel Medin

Learning Outcomes

  1. To examine the notion of "world literature" (origin and signification of the term)
  2. To read across a spectrum of translated titles recently published in English.
  3. To practice various forms of professional writing, including press copy and book reviews.
  4. To obtain a basic familiarity with the critical landscape for literature in translation (online and print)
  5. To discover emerging literary voices and cultures that are often under-represented in English.
  6. To acquire, when relevant, contextual information concerning specific historical history developments relevant to a text.
  7. To reinforce critical and close reading practices by a variety of means (oral presentation, professional writing exercises, response papers)

Syllabus

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Book List

TitleAuthorPublisherISBN Number
Seven Empty Houses
Samanta Schweblin
One World - Not Available at the Bookstore
9780861544325
All Your Children Scattered
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
Europa - Not Available at the Bookstore
9781787704053
Rombo
Esther Kinsky
Fitzcarraldo - Not Available at the Bookstore
9781804270035
Tomb of Sand
Geetanjali Shree
Tilted Axis
9781911284611
Chinatown
Thuan
Tilted Axis
9781911284673
Mister N
Najwa Barakat
And Other Stories
9781913505325

Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, January 16, 2023
End Date: 
Monday, May 15, 2023
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
12:10
13:30
G-009
Friday
12:10
13:30
G-009