Empire and Literature
World Literature Writing Course Ebook
- The formation of identity
- Imperialism in Shakespeare
- The Detective Story in England, America and Africa
- Treatment of gender
- Race and imperialism
- Orientalism
- Revolutions in literary form
- African and American Writing and the City
- Migration and diaspora
- Counter-imperial narratives
A rich literary criticism framework, which can be applied just as easily to rigorous literature as to high-interest pop-culture references.
Meredith Wallace
Durwood’s clear and concise exposition of his ideas, the numerous examples he provides to support and develop his theory, and his in-depth discussions of … literary and cinematic engagements with empire, make this book an exceptional pedagogical tool.
Andrei Ionescu
Empire and Literature
A World Literature Course In Which The Uncomplaining Students Encounter Some of the Great Works of Prose, Poetry, Plays, Films and Even Non-Fiction through the Prism of Empires’ Rising and Falling.
World Literature Writing Course Lesson Plan
- Engaging
- thought-provoking lesson plans
- useful resource for teachers and professors.
- In-class exercises as well as take-home assignments
A rich literary criticism framework, which can be applied just as easily to rigorous literature as to high-interest pop-culture references.
Meredith Wallace
Durwood’s clear and concise exposition of his ideas, the numerous examples he provides to support and develop his theory, and his in-depth discussions of … literary and cinematic engagements with empire, make this book an exceptional pedagogical tool.