ENG370H1 Lecture Notes - Kazuo Ishiguro, Jamaica Kincaid, Postcolonialism
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Office hours this week thursday 4-5pm @ the jackman humanities building, room 832 sara. salih@utoronto. ca. There has been a huge said answering regarding the shortcomings of his work: many available critiques. Many writers have also emerged from his thinking expanding and complementing his work. Only read introduction and chapter 1 for next week. Writes about the caribbean in a very critical way. Kazuo ishiguro an artist of the floating world . Grew up british but faced the stereotypes of being of japanese decent. Violent, descriptive, deals with severe racism often considered problematic to teach. Very ethical and careful writer prose is plain, simple, and direct. Writes about the ongoing situation in palestine. Review: 500 words, due week 4, worth 20, journalistic feel to it. Essay abstract: 400-word outline of what you intend to write about, due in week 7, to be work-shopped in class, worth 15% of your final grade.
