ENG 416 CGX - Lit & Cult of Early Translantc Worl

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

This advanced course examines transatlantic literature (between Europe, Africa, and the Americas) during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (specifically, the period of the Enlightenment). Literature of this period reflected radical new social and political realities: 1) Globalization on the heels of the age of exploration 2) the exploitative side of this age and the slave trade 3) focus on writings by and about evolving gender roles. This is a broad topics course that would allow various iterations. The emergence of new literary and cultural forms makes this an especially dynamic period. The study of literature of the period is likewise an especially rich frame for looking at this period because new genres emerged alongside new cultural and political forms.

Prerequisite(s): W tag.