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Module Description

Module Name	Module Code	Lecture Hrs	Practical Hrs	Credits
Contemporary Landscapes	ENG6002Y	3	0	6

Description
Part A: The Novel This module will be a specialist exploration of the works of one postmodernist author in the specific socio-historical context which has allowed his work to come into being. Authors studied could be one of the following depending upon the instructor: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Salman Rushdie, John Barth, Julian Barnes, Angela Carter, or others. Part B: Modernism and Postmodernism This module will also examine texts in a variety of genres and from different historical and cultural locations in order to look at the construction or discovery of the self. The focus is on the ways in which identities are determined by history, race, class, gender and sexuality. Part A: The Novel This module will be a specialist exploration of the works of one postmodernist author in the specific socio-historical context which has allowed his work to come into being. Authors studied could be one of the following depending upon the instructor: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Salman Rushdie, John Barth, Julian Barnes, Angela Carter, or others. Part B: Modernism and Postmodernism This module will also examine texts in a variety of genres and from different historical and cultural locations in order to look at the construction or discovery of the self. The focus is on the ways in which identities are determined by history, race, class, gender and sexuality.
Faculty	Department
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES	Department of Humanities
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: DILMAHOMED BOCUS Bibi Swaleha Telephone: 4037400 Email: s.dilmahomed@uom.ac.mu