Salman Rushdie

EN251 New Literatures in English

LECTURES: Thursdays, 2-3 pm H545 SEMINARS: Tuesday 12-1; 1-2 Office hours: Tuesdays, 4-5; Thursdays, 3:30-4:30 Rashmi.Varma@warwick.ac.uk; Ext: 523 666 Course Description: This course considers the “new literatures” emerging...

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