123231 AR Literature Course (interactive) (2011W)

In the course we will analyze the presentation of non-white ethnicities in modern shorter texts (short stories and plays) from a variety of English-speaking countries. We will discuss the interaction of xenophobia with misogyny, which leads to a double disadvantaging of women. We will look at the roles women from both colonial and European backgrounds play in these texts, roles which range from helpless victim to victimizer responsible for the outbreak of racial violence. We will compare how contemporary writers address ethnic and gender conflicts both past and present and questions of cultural identity.