Literature and Modernity II: Late Modernism and Beyond

This is the semester 2 core course for MSc Literature and Modernity and is only available for students on that programme. This course examines topics in contemporary literary and critical theory with specific attention paid to questions of the politics of literary texts, the production of political identity through texts, and the contested questions of cultural politics through which texts are read. Topics to be covered include post-structuralism, post-colonialism, post-modernism, sexual politics and cultural identity. Credit Level: 11 Year taken: Postgraduate