EGL 192 - Confronting the Canon: What is an Empire?

Course Units: 1

The study of the relationship between literature and empire has overwhelmingly focused on a small core of European empires. This class will expand understanding of the relationship between imperialism and literature by examining novels, epics, and allegories written in entangled colonial networks in which Europe is influential, but not the sole player. Readings for this class will focus on empires located on the continents of Africa and Asia broadly defined, including the Zulu, Ottoman, Russian, Japanese, and Soviet
imperial formations. CC: HUL, HUM, WAC, GLIT, GCHF, GSPE ISP: AFR, AIS, GSWS