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Great Works and Authors of World Literature
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Great Works and Authors of World Literature
This free course will teach you the role that literature has in bridging the gap between protest and democracy.
In this course, you will study the concept of womanism which is a social theory based on the history and everyday experiences of women of colour; especially black women. You will also learn about the nature o... In this course, you will study the concept of womanism which is a social theory based on the history and everyday experiences of women of colour; especially black women. You will also learn about the nature of power through Kafka's critique of the protagonists in the play and their relationship with power. Finally, you will be taught about the exile experience and the consequences of globalisation from a postcolonial perspective.
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- Discuss what it means to embrace on...
- Assess literature as a powerful med...
- Analyze the work which laid the fou...
- Discuss the notion of honour in the...
- Discuss what it means to embrace one's culture and heritage and the stereotypical representation of black women
- Assess literature as a powerful medium to impact society about social issues
- Analyze the work which laid the foundations of Russian realism
- Discuss the notion of honour in the samurai codes in Akutagawa's work
- Explain how The Metamorphosis aids Kafka’s place in world literary canon
- Discuss Virginia Woolf's 'Solid Objects' of the modernist period which focuses on the materiality of the body
- Describe the significance of The Inheritance of Loss to the canon of world literature
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