ENGL 370 - Global Postmodernism

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This course will focus on literary experiments of the latter half of the twentieth century, particularly as they respond to the moral, cultural, and philosophical impasses of “late capitalism,” the Cold War, the nuclear age, and identity politics. We will consider why writers may have turned to self-reflexive, hyper-ironic, and fragmented narrative modes in response to the so-called “end of history.” Representative authors might include William Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Kathy Acker, Ishmael Reed, Julio Cortázar, Italo Calvino, Angela Carter, Don Delillo, and Haruki Murakami.