2023 Fall

ENGLISH 190 004 - SEM 004

Research Seminar

The Urban Postcolonial

Nadia D Ellis

Aug 23, 2023 - Dec 08, 2023

Mo, We

03:30 pm - 04:59 pm

Wheeler 305

Class #:16288

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through English

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: -1

Enrolled: 18

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 17

Waitlist Max: 5

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.

Other classes by Nadia D Ellis

ENGLISH 100 004 004SEM

Research-oriented and designed for upper-division English majors. Intensive examination of critical approaches, literary theory, or a special topic in literary and cultural studies. Topics vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for offerings well before the beginning of the semester.

Class Description

An intensive research seminar exploring the relationship between urban landscapes and postcolonial literary cultures. Readings in theories of postcoloniality and diaspora as well as explorations in architecture and city planning will accompany close examination of novels, films, and music. Weekly written responses and in-class workshopping will build incrementally toward a final comparative research paper on a Bay Area city in relation to one of the seminar's major texts. This class satisfies the Literatures in English requirement for the English major. While English 100 is a prerequisite for English 190, students who are exempt from this requirement (see https://english.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/the_major) will be able to enroll automatically.

Class Notes

Book List:

COURSE TEXTS WILL BE FINALIZED AHEAD OF FIRST SEMINAR MEETING.

Zadie Smith, White Teeth; Sarah Broom, The Yellow House; Earl Lovelace, The Dragon Can't Dance; Djibril Diop Mambety, Touki Bouki; Mati Diop, Atlantics; Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy; Kei Miller, Augustown; V.. show more