ENGL 332

This course engages students in the study of literature from the standpoint of politics. Questions to be explored may include the following: what can literary study teach us about justice, freedom, and sovereignty? What role has literature played in political struggles such as those connected to settler colonialism, inequality, and climate change? How do the techniques of literary criticism draw from or contribute to political analysis? What would it meant to read a literary artwork as a form of political theory - or as a political act? Section information text: <strong>Course Description: </strong>This course engages students in the study of literature from the standpoint of politics. Questions to be explored may include the following: what can literary study teach us about justice, freedom, and sovereignty? What role has literature played in political struggles such as those connected to settler colonialism, inequality, and climate change? How do the techniques of literary criticism draw from or contribute to political analysis? What would it meant to read a literary artwork as a form of political theory - or as a political act?<br/><strong>Note: </strong>ENGL 332 is an approved Culture and Creative Expression course for Cap Core requirements. ENGL 332 is an approved Self and Society course for Cap Core requirements.<br/><strong>Reg Notes: </strong> This course is offered in conjunction with the Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Interdisciplinary Studies. It is open to all students who meet the pre-requisites.<br/><strong>