ENG 337 World Fictions

The novel and short story as these have evolved in multiple national literatures during the 19th and especially the 20th Century, exploring in particular the fictional perspectives of writers during the age of empire and their post-colonial successors. Readings will be drawn from such authors as Forster, Bronte, Conrad, Rhys, Narayan, Naipaul, Achebe, Cortazar, and others.