Global Literatures |
Spring 2015
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Course Information
GS 362
MLO 3: Secondary Culture Course Description
Examines intercultural communications through a global/historical lens that encompasses encounters in colonial, post-colonial, and global contexts. A series of novels, essays, and short stories are read in which the authors project their sense of individual and collective identities formed through the diverse experiences of globalization Examines relationships between author/audience and student/text in a cross-cultural dialog.
Course Work
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Reflective Narrative
In this class we immersed ourselves in four different cultures throughout the semester in regards to postcolonialism: East African, Middle Eastern, Russian, and Chinese cultures. Aside from the cultural insight we gained from reading a book written by an individual from each culture, we also learned supplementary information in class through additional readings, professor presentations, and videos. For example, when we were reading Absurdistan, our teacher introduced us to the language as well as a number of significant historical events, which deepened my understanding of the story and helped with my analyzation for the essay.
This was my first time learning about many of these cultures and issues related to their history and society. For example, when we learned about Middle Eastern culture through the book Woman at Point Zero, we also covered many topics related to Feminism, which I haven't learned much about in the past. In my essay relating these two topics, I analyzed my own actions as someone who interacts with others learning English as well as my standard conduct in American culture. Another example is when we learned about Chinese culture while reading Red Sorghum, through which I was able to compare the representations of Chinese and Japanese identities. |