LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

LITERATURES IN ENGLISH COURSES OFFERED IN 2003-2004

SEMESTER I

LEVEL I Courses

CA 12A - Elements of Drama 3 Credits Pre-req: None
E 10A - Introduction to Poetry 3 Credits Pre-req: None
E 10B - Introduction to Prose Fiction 3 Credits Pre-req: None

LEVEL II Courses

E 20 F - English Poetry from Donne 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10A
E 21F - The Origins & Dev’t of American Literary Prose 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10A
E 21J - African Literature in English I: Prose Fiction 3 Credits Pre-req: B grade in any W.I.
Lit. course
E 22E - Shakespeare I 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10A
E 25F - Intro. To W.I. Poetry: (A) Oral and Related Lit.
From the West Indies 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10A
E 25J - West Indian Prose Fiction: The Short Story 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10B

LEVEL III Courses

E 35D - Advanced Seminar in W.I. Lit: (A) Comparative
Study of 5 texts 3 Credits Pre-req: Year 2 passes with
at least a B in any
W.I. Lit. course
E 37D - Tradition & Change in Modern Literature (A) 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10A, E 10B
E 38A - Indian Literature in English (Seminar) 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10A, E 10B, CA12A
E 37B - African American Women Writers 3 Credits Pre-req: E 37A

SEMESTER II

LEVEL I Courses

CA 12A - Elements of Drama 3 Credits Pre-req: None
E 10A - Introduction to Poetry 3 Credits Pre-req: None
E 10B - Introduction to Prose Fiction 3 Credits Pre-req: None

LEVEL II Courses

E 21B - Novel II 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10B
E 21H - Modern American Literary Prose 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10B
E 22H - African Literature in English II: Drama & Poetry 3 Credits Pre-req: B grade in any W.I.
Lit. course
E 23G - Twentieth Century Literary Theory 3 Credits Pre-req: None
E 25G - Intro. To W.I. Poetry: (B) Selected W.I. Poets 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10A
E 25M - Caribbean Women Writers 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10B

E 26B - Creative Writing: Prose Fiction I 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10B or approved
portfolio of fiction
writing
E 27D - Post Colonial & Medieval Literature 3 Credits Pre-req: 6 Lev. I Lit. Credits

LEVEL III Courses

E 32E - Shakespeare II 3 Credits Pre-req: at least B in E 22E
Or permission from
Lecturer
E 35E - Advanced Seminar in W.I. Lit:
(B) Special Authors 3 Credits Pre-req: E 35D
E 37E - Tradition & Change in Modern Literature (B) 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10A, E 10B
E 38B - The Literature of the Indian Diaspora (Seminar) 3 Credits Pre-req: E 10A, E 10B, CA12A

REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR
The programme in Literatures in English is designed to expose students to the literary and critical traditions of the Caribbean, the Caribbean diaspora, and the world. Literatures in English majors will explore a wide range of works and will be nurtured to develop the ability to formulate personal responses to literary works, as well as to aspire to become creators of literature.
The major in Literatures in English requires 36 credits and must include the following:

LEVEL I

Semester I
1. CA12A Elements of Drama
2. E10A Introduction to Poetry (evening)
E10B Introduction to Prose Fiction (day)

Semester II
3. E10B Introduction to Prose Fiction (evening)
E10A Introduction to Poetry (day)
4. FD11B Academic Writing for Different Disciplines:
Writing about Literature

LEVEL II

Semester I
5. E22E Shakespeare I

Semester II
6. E23G 20th Century Literary Theory
7. E25G Introduction to West Indian Poetry B:
Selected West Indian Poets

LEVEL III

Semester I
8. E35D Advanced Seminar in West Indian Literature A:
Comparative Study of 5 Texts
9. E37D Tradition and Change in Modern Literature A

10 - 13 Four (4) other Level II/III courses

Foundation Courses

Optional Courses:

Semester I
· E20F English Poetry from Donne to Keats
· E21F Origins and Development of American Literary Prose
· E21J African Literature in English I
· E22F History of Literary Criticism
· E25F Introduction to West Indian Poetry (A)
· E25J West Indian Prose Fiction: Short Narrative
· E35D Advanced Seminar in West Indian Literature A
· E37B African American Women Writers
· E37D Tradition and Change in Modern Literature A
· E38A Indian Literature in English (Seminar)

Semester II
· E21A Novel I
· E21H Modern American Literary Prose
· E22H African Literature in English II: Drama and Poetry
· E25M Caribbean Women Writers
· E26B Creative Writing
· E27D Post-Colonialism and Medieval Literature

· E32E Shakespeare II
· E35E Advanced Seminar in West Indian Literature B:
Special Authors
· E37E Tradition and Change in Modern Literature B
· E38B Literature in the Indian Diaspora

Other courses not currently offered:

· E21G African Diaspora Women's Narrative
· E25H West Indian Prose Fiction: The Novel

Recommended for Literatures in English majors
· L10C Introduction to Language
(This course can be taken on its own, but it is also a pre-requisite for L24D and L27B - see below - and for a Minor in Linguistics.)
· L24D - Structure and Meaning in Literary Discourse
· L27B - Point-of-view and Meaning in Literary Discourse.

REQUIREMENTS FOR MINOR
Students wishing to minor in Literatures in English are required to take and pass a minimum of five (5) Literatures in English courses (15 credits), including one Shakespeare course, one West Indian Literature course, and three other courses at Levels II or III.

Shakespeare courses
· E22E Shakespeare I (compulsory)
· E32E Shakespeare II

West Indian Literature courses
· E25F Introduction to West Indian Poetry (A)
· E25G Introduction to West Indian Poetry (B): Selected West Indian
Poets (compulsory)
· E25H West Indian Prose Fiction: The Novel (not currently offered)
· E25J West Indian Prose Fiction: Short Narrative
· E25M Caribbean Women Writers
· E35D Advanced Seminar in West Indian Literature A: Comparative
Study of 5 Texts
· E35E Advanced Seminar in West Indian Literature B: Special Authors

COURSE OFFERINGS

CA12A: THE ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
LECTURER: P. ISMOND
Pre-requisite: None
This course introduces students to drama through an appreciation of the written text. The text is regarded as one possible stimulus to theatrical creation. The components of dramatic action - character, plot, dialogue, theme, spectacle and audience - will be examined in relation to structure (classical/well-made/experimental), form (tragedy/comedy, etc.), and style (the 'isms').
(F26E and F26G are offered in alternate years)
Method of Instruction: 1 lecture and 2 practicals per week
Assessment: Practical exercises (30%), two term papers (20% in total), and a written examination (50%)

E10A: INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
LECTURERS: J. RAHIM AND R. SALICK
Pre-requisite: 'A' Level English
The course will study samples of poetry in English from various periods to promote an understanding of how poetry works, and to give a sense of the characteristic features of poetry at different times down the centuries. Students will be taught to read and analyse verse forms.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures (during which the "machinery" of selected poems and the period characteristics will be analysed), and 1 tutorial (limit of 10 students) per week
Assessment: In-course assignments and final examination (100%)

E10B: INTRODUCTION TO PROSE FICTION
LECTURERS: P. MORGAN (CO-ORDINATOR), F. AIYEJINA, G.ROHLEHR AND V. SINGH
Pre-requisite: 'A' Level English
The course is meant to introduce students to the basic elements of prose fiction, like narrative discourse, characterisation, point of view, etc., so that they might learn to read intelligently and critically. The texts are chosen to demonstrate a range of techniques but also represent a wide chronological and geographical spread so that students are also introduced to aspects of courses in Levels II and III.
This course is a pre-requisite for all prose fiction courses in Levels II and III.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures and 1 tutorial weekly.
Assessment: In-course assignments and final examination (100%)%)

E20F: ENGLISH POETRY FROM DONNE TO KEATS
LECTURER: R. SALICK
Pre-requisite: E10A
Building upon an understanding of the ways in which poems work, imparted to those taking the Level I course 'Introduction to Poetry,' this course will familiarise students with the changing features of, and assumptions behind, English poetry from Donne to Keats. It will do this by concentrating on works of Donne, Milton, Pope, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge and Keats. While the practice of close textual analysis will be continued, special attention will be paid to the contrasts between these, along with the changing philosophical and socio-political landscapes giving rise to them.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures/seminars, and 1 tutorial (limit of 10 students) weekly
Assessment: 1 oral/tutorial presentation (10%), 1 essay (30%), and the final examination (60%).

E2OG: WORDSWORTH AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
LECTURER: R. SALICK
Pre-requisite: E10A
This course seeks to provide an overview of the Romantic Movement in English literature. Using Wordsworth as its main focus, this course will attempt to define Romanticism, to delineate the central concerns of the Romantic Age, and to show the significant differences among such poets as Blake, Keats, Coleridge, Shelley and Byron.
(Not offered 2001-2002)
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 oral presentation (10%), 1 coursework essay of 3,000-4,000 words (30%), and the final examination (60%).

E2OH: AMERICAN POETRY AND DRAMA
LECTURER: V. SINGH
Pre-requisite: E10A, CA12A
This course offers an examination of the development and achievement of American poetry and drama from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the present time.
(Not offered 2001-2002)
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 coursework essay of 2,500 words (40%) and the final examination (60%).

E21A: THE NOVEL I
LECTURER: R. SALICK
Pre-requisite: E10A and E10B
This course traces the development of the English novel from Bunyan to Austen. It is a course in continuity, showing how one work influences the form and content of a subsequent work. It establishes the development of prose fiction from allegory, the adventure tale, the picaresque narrative, satire, to social realism.
(E21A and E21B are offered in alternate years)
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 tutorial presentation (10%), 2 essays of no more than 2,000 words each (15% each) and the final examination (60%).

E21B: THE NOVEL II
LECTURER: R. SALICK
Pre-requisite: E10B
In this course, the student will study the development of the novel in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through an examination of the work of five major novelists chosen to illustrate different aspect of that development. Apart from observing and discussing the way in which the novels of the period reflect the change from stability to the rebellion of consciousness, the student will also appreciate the way the nineteenth century perfected the form of the novel, and the reasons for the prominence of the novel during the period.
(Not offered 2001-2002)
(E21B and E21A are offered in alternate years)
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 tutorial presentation (10%), 1 essay (30% each) and the final examination (60%).

E21F: THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN LITERARY PROSE
LECTURER: V. SINGH
Pre-requisite: E10A and E10B
The aim of this course is to treat the development of American prose from its beginnings in the colonial period to the end of the nineteenth century. Some emphasis will be on the chronological and the thematic aspects. Attention will be paid to Puritan writing, non-?ctional slave narratives, Native American folk narratives, and the major writers of ?ction in the nineteenth century.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures/seminars, and 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 prepared tutorial/seminar presentation (10%), 1 coursework essay (30%), and the final examination (60%).

E21G: AFRICAN DIASPORA WOMEN'S NARRATIVE
LECTURER: P. MORGAN
Pre-requisite: E10B/E100
This course provides a cross-cultural study of African, African Caribbean and African American narratives by women. Detailed analysis of four or ?ve narratives will be studied.
(Not offered 2001-2002)
(E21G and E37B are offered in alternate years)
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures/seminars, and 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment: Coursework (40%) and the final examination (60%).

E21H: MODERN AMERICAN LITERARY PROSE
LECTURER: V. SINGH
Pre-requisite: E10B
This course examines a selection of American Literature published from the late 1900s to the middle of the twentieth century. It covers a broad range of fictional experiences and includes mainstream writers, male and female authors, as well as African American and Native American writers. It begins by mapping the road parameters of the modern period and placing the texts against the background of social, cultural and political change. It then goes on to trace distinctive features of each text and general features which characterise all of the writing as American.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 seminar/tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 in-course examination (20%), 1 essay (20%), and the final examination (60%).

E21J: AFRICAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH I: PROSE FICTION
LECTURER: F. AIYEJINA
Pre-requisite: E10A
This course surveys the development of the novel from Africa and focuses attention on issues such as the language(s), the audience, the central themes, and the stylistic peculiarities of African fiction in English. The course attempts to identify the distinctive character of African prose fiction in English with a view to showing the similarities and/or differences between and among works from West, East and Southern Africa, as well as establishing the nature of the contribution of African women writers.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures/seminars, and 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 coursework essay of 2,500 words (40%) and the final examination (60%).

E22E: SHAKESPEARE I
LECTURER: R. SALICK
Pre-requisite: E10A, CA12A
This is a core course, pre-requisite to the attainment of a Bachelor of Arts degree for students majoring in English. It will be taught in the first semester of Level II. The approach is generic, that is, it introduces students to the four genres of Shakespearean drama: histories, comedies, tragedies and romances. This course emphasises the close reading of texts, and provides information on the milieu out of which these plays sprang. Its purpose will be to promote an understanding of the dramatic possibilities (and limitations) of each genre as exploited by the world's greatest English language dramatist, writing in the heyday of post-Renaissance expansion of European thought, and through close textual attention, to familiarise students with the mind and some of the major preoccupations of Shakespeare.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures/seminars, and 1 tutorial (limit of 10 students) weekly
Assessment: 1 oral/tutorial presentation (10%), 1 essay (30%) and the final examination (60%).

E22F: THE HISTORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM
LECTURER: P. MORGAN
Pre-requisite: None
This course introduces students to the history of literary criticism from its roots in the Classical period, through a selection of important critical statements drawn from the per-modern, earl modern, neoclassical and Romantic periods, up to Anglo-American New Criticism, Russian Formalism and archetypal criticism. Teaching will be by way of selected extracts, and the aim is to provide students with a general developmental understanding of literary critical thought up to the early twentieth century. The course will stress the practical application of critical theories to texts currently read by students.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures/seminars, and 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment: Seminar presentation (10%), term paper (40%), and the final examination (50%).

E22H: AFRICAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH II: DRAMA AND POETRY
LECTURER: F. AIYEJINA
Pre-requisite: Level II passes (with at least a B grade) in any of the W.I. Literature courses
While the novel form was primarily imported into Africa, drama and poetry (in performance) existed there before the contacts with Europe. Against the background of the characteristics of the indigenous forms as well as their Western variants, this course examines contemporary African drama and poetry with a view to highlighting the major themes and techniques. As with the prose fiction course, attempts will be made to identify regional characteristics as well as the contribution of African women writers. Texts will be periodically reviewed.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 coursework essay of 2,500 words (40%) and the final examination (60%).

E23G: TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERARY THEORY
LECTURER: J. RAHIM
Pre-requisite: E10A and E10B
This course introduces students to selected twentieth century schools of literary criticism such as Marxism, Existentialism, Freudian Psychoanalysis or Jungian Analytical Psychology which have been of particular relevance to literary criticism in the Caribbean.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 tutorial presentation (10%), 1 term paper (30%), and the final examination (60%).

E25F: INTRODUCTION TO WEST INDIAN POETRY (A): ORAL AND RELATED LITERATURE FROM THE W.I.
LECTURER: G. ROHLEHR
Pre-requisite: E10A
This course will introduce students to the Oral Tradition of the West Indies, and illustrate how that tradition both developed within itself and became the source of development for several poetic forms and structures. Particular attention will be paid to the ongoing presence of narrative, legend, prayer, elegy, praise-song, work song, etc., in "formal" West Indian poetry. Continuity of function - i.e., praise, blame, complaint, satire, social control, warning, invective, doom-saying or celebration, the evocation of laughter, etc., will also be demonstrated.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 tutorial/seminar/audio-visual session weekly
Assessment: 1 written assignment of 2,000 words (10%), 1 research paper of 3,000 words (30%), and the final examination (60%).

E25G: INTRODUCTION TO WEST INDIAN POETRY (B): SELECTED WEST INDIAN POETS
LECTURER: G. ROHLEHR
Pre-requisite: E10A
Part B of Introduction to West Indian Poetry focuses on four poets as well as selected poems, through which it will explore the development of important themes and concerns in West Indian poetry. (These themes and concerns include history, politics, commitment, journey/quest, landscape, time, death, and desire.) It will pay particular attention to craft and form. It will also continue the exploration of continuities between oral and scribal modes, begun in Part A of this course.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 tutorial/seminar weekly
Assessment: 1 written assignment of 2,500 words (10%), 1 research paper and the final examination (60%).

E25H: WEST INDIAN PROSE FICTION: THE NOVEL
LECTURER: P. MORGAN
Pre-requisite: E10B
This course provides a lecture survey of the development of the West Indian novel, with close study of six selected novels. The texts are linked by the motif of the journey in the literal and figurative senses. The West Indian novel reflects the historical journeys into the Caribbean' the inter-island migrations; migrations to Europe, America and the ancestral lands; and the return journeys of the emigrés. The novel also figures the journey as quest and flight, and as the journey through life. The selected novels will be studied at all the levels suggested by the journey motif. Special emphasis will be given to the novels' concretisations of departures and arrivals and the emotional implications of these, and to the theme of the meeting of peoples and cultures. The West Indian writers' experimentation with the form of the novel, and their exploitation of the wide range of linguistic possibilities open to them will be the subject of strict analysis.
(E25H and E25M are offered in alternate years)
(Not offered 2001-2002)
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 seminar/tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 in-course examination (20%), 1 essay (20%), and the final examination (60%).

E25J: WEST INDIAN PROSE FICTION: THE SHORT STORY
LECTURER: W. KUBLALSINGH
Pre-requisite: None
This course traces the history and evolution of the modern West Indian short story from its early appearances in West Indian newspapers and magazines up to the modern period. Special attention is paid to the relation of the short story to tradition al narratives, including anecdotes, folk tales, anancy stories and other oral forms. The rich elaborations and adaptations in the work of literary practitioners are given close study in the second half of the course.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 seminar/tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 in-course examination (20%), 1 essay (20%), and the final examination (60%).

E25M: CARIBBEAN WOMEN WRITERS
LECTURER: P. MORGAN
Pre-requisite: E10B
This course analyses the writings of women from various Caribbean territories. The exploration of novels, short fiction, poetry and personal narratives will be complemented by essays by and about Caribbean women. The course begins by exploring the emergence and themes of the Caribbean women writers. The literary texts will be studied with reference to their varied social, political, ethnic and cultural contexts. The course will require close textual reading of the primary material, as well as comparative approach to the various texts.
(E25H and E25M are offered in alternate years)
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 seminar/tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 in-course examination (20%), 1 essay (20%), and the final examination (60%).

E26B: CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE FICTION I
LECTURER: M. HODGE
Pre-requisite: E10A, E10B or approved portfolio of fiction writing
This is a course for students wishing to practise the craft of prose fiction writing, and is offered at Level II. The course will focus on the writing of the short story and will involved students in (a) an on-going examination of the various elements which are combined in the crafting of the short story, (b) the effective employment of these elements by students in their own writing, and (c) other considerations (values philosophical and artistic) pertinent to the craft of fiction writing. This is to be achieved through seminar discussions in which writings from selected authors, as well as those from the students, will be analysed with a view to locating the reasons why the story works or does not work, and what accounts for its level of effectiveness. In addition, students will be assigned written exercises aimed at demonstrating their understanding (or mastery) of various narrative approaches, dialogue, plot, etc. Each student will submit his/her story for discussion by the class.
Method of Instruction: 1 two-hour seminar, and 1 tutorial per week
Assessment: (a) Three short stories (each one told from a different point of view) each worth 20% (60%), and (b) four exercises analysing the application of different elements of prose fiction writing, each worth 10% - to be submitted during the course of the semester (40%)

E27D: POST-COLONIALISM AND MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
LECTURER: B. LALLA
Pre-requisite: 6 credits Level I literature courses
1. Oral and scribal literature of medieval England. World views in confrontation. Rewriting the epic. The struggle for liberation. Liberation and the pulpit.
2. Rewriting Orpheus' journey. Sir Orfeo. Journey and exile: Sir Orfeo and Sir Gawan and the Green Knight. Courtliness and decadence.
3. Selected lyrics. The instability of life. Complaint/protest. Dispossession, alienation and exile. Identity and nationhood. Love, mysticism and self.
4. The Canterbury Tales. Prologue and selected tales. Comedy and the narrative. Journey and masquerade. Issues of spiritual and cultural imperialism; class, creed and gender. Issues of intertextuality and rewriting.
5. The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale. Discourse and counter discourse. Entanglement of sacred and profane. Decentred consciousness and vernacular tropes. Authority, decanonisation and rewriting.
6. Medieval drama and the rewriting of universal history and of power relationships. The entanglement of horror and comedy. Popular theatre and realism in drama.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures, and 1 seminar/tutorial weekly
Assessment: 1 tutorial presentation (15%), 1 in-class assignment (15%), 1 essay (20%), and the final examination (50%).

E32E SHAKESPEARE II
LECTURER: R. SALICK
Pre-requisite: At least a B in E22E or special permission from the Lecturer
This is a specialist course in Shakespeare, taking up where E22E leaves off. This course looks at plays that might be called "problem plays."
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures and 1 tutorial (limit of 10 students) per week
Assessment: 1 oral/tutorial presentation (10%), 1 essay (30%), and the final examination (60%).

E35D: ADVANCED SEMINAR IN WEST INDIAN LITERATURE (A): COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FIVE TEXTS
LECTURERS: G. ROHLEHR AND P. ISMOND
(May be read as a substitute course for Caribbean Studies together with E35E)
Pre-requisite: Level II passes (with at least a B grade) in W.I. Literature course
Five West Indian texts with complex structures will be compared with regard to treatment of major themes or ideas - notions of aesthetics, style and form.
Method of Instruction: 2 two-hour seminars per week
Assessment: 1 coursework essay of 3,000-4,000 words (40%), and the final examination (60%).

E35E: ADVANCED SEMINAR IN WEST INDIAN LITERATURE (B): SPECIAL AUTHORS
LECTURERS: G. ROHLEHR, F. AIYEJINA AND P. ISMOND
(May be read as a substitute course for Caribbean Studies together with E35D)
Pre-requisite: E35D - Part A of this course
This course involves the close study of the major essays, interviews, fictional and non-fictional works of single West Indian authors.
Method of Instruction: 2 two-hour seminars per week
Assessment: 1 coursework essay of 3,000-4,000 words (40%) and the final examination (60%).

E37A: AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
LECTURER: P. MORGAN
Pre-requisite: E10A, E10B and CA12A
This course studies the development of writing by African Americans from the earliest manifestations to the present time. The intention is to identify the unique characteristics of this body of literature.
(Not offered 2001-2002)
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures and 2 tutorials per week
Assessment: 1 coursework essay of 2,500 words (33 1/3%) and the final examination
(66 2/3%).

E37B: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS (SEMINAR)
LECTURER: P. MORGAN
Pre-requisite: E37A
This course offers an intensive study of the work of four African American women writers, concentrating on elements of race, class and gender, and attempting to identify the inherent characteristics of this body of literature.
(E21G and E37B are offered in alternate years)
Method of Instruction: 1 three-hour seminar per week (or, if this is not practicable, 1 two-hour seminar and 1 tutorial per week instead)
Assessment: 1 coursework essay of 3,000-4,000 words (40%), and the final examination (60%).

E37D: TRADITION AND CHANGE IN MODERN LITERATURE (A)
LECTURER: P. ISMOND
Pre-requisite: E10A and E10B
This course aims at a study of the changes in ideas, values, and related innovations in form that distinguish modern literature. It will pay attention to the revolutionary break with pre-twentieth century traditions informing these changes, and will focus on characteristically modern modes and techniques in poetry, drama and the novel. A selection of British writers from both the earlier and later parts of the twentieth century will be studied for the purpose.
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week
Assessment: 1 oral presentation to be submitted in written form also (10%), 1 coursework essay (30%) and the final examination (60%).

E37E: TRADITION AND CHANGE IN MODERN LITERATURE (B)
LECTURER: P. ISMOND
Pre-requisite: E10A and E10B
This course aims at a study of the changes in ideas, values and related innovations inform that distinguish modern literature. It will pay attention to the revolutionary break with pre-twentieth century traditions informing these changes, and will focus on characteristically modern modes and techniques in poetry, drama, and the novel. A selection of British writers from both the earlier and later parts of the twentieth century will be studied for the purpose (same as E37D).
Method of Instruction: 2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week
Assessment: 1 oral presentation to be submitted in written form also (10%), 1 coursework essay (30%) and the final examination (60%).

E38A: INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (SEMINAR)
LECTURER: V. SINGH
Pre-requisite: E10A, E10B and CA12A
This course examines the development and the achievements of Indian literature in English. The approach will be partly historical/cultural in the earlier period, and will concentrate on individual authors in the later period. The texts will be chosen to highlight the linguistic, religious, and regional variety manifested in the literature.
Method of Instruction: 1 three-hour seminar per week (or, if this is not practicable, 1 two-hour seminar and 1 tutorial per week instead)
Assessment: 1 coursework essay of 3,000-4,000 words (40%), and the final examination (60%).

E38B: THE LITERATURE OF THE INDIAN DIASPORA (SEMINAR)
LECTURER: V. SINGH
Pre-requisite: E10A, E10B and CA12A
This course examines the literature of the Indian diaspora in Europe, North America and the Caribbean, the characteristics of the diaspora, the kinds of writing produced therein, the differences and similarities between, say, North American and Caribbean literary works in the tradition.
Method of Instruction: 1 three-hour seminar per week (or, if this is not practicable, 1 two-hour seminar and 1 tutorial per week instead)
Assessment: 1 coursework essay of 3,000-4,000 words (40%), and the final examination (60%).