EGH631   Writing Identities: Nation, Race, Empire   (30 credits)

Description

This module explores literature from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries with a focus on the role that nation, race and imperialism have in constructing individual and shared identities. We will look at texts that foreground relations between the local and the global from the height of the colonial age to the current period of neo-colonial (or postcolonial) relations. You will encounter writing from a range of geographical locations and across a broad spectrum of styles, themes and voices. By making use of relevant concepts from literary and cultural theory we will consider issues including citizenship, community and migration, gaining an understanding of how concepts of nationhood, racial identity and imperialism have shaped modern culture. You will be encouraged to fine tune your academic research skills and apply them in weekly online discussions with your peers and tutors, and in academic essays. This will equip you with intellectual and communication skills to develop, express and defend your views.

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