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Literature and Politics
Full Curriculum Program
Prague, Czech Republic
Dates: 9/6/23 - 5/10/24
Literature and Politics
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: University of New York in Prague
Location: Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Primary Subject Area: English Language & Literature
Instruction in: English
Course Code: LIT206
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
DESCRIPTION
This course explores the ways literary texts have engaged with questions of the politics of representation and questions of power, discrimination and ethics as they are revealed in cultural practice and discourse. The focus is on works of modern fiction and drama and the ways in which these texts approach political themes such as systems of government, social control, education, war, colonialism, censorship, gender, the environment and social responsibility.