In nations as diverse as India, Canada, Zimbabwe or Jamaica, it has also become a significant language of literary production. These studies concentrate on those countries which were once colonies of Britain. Colonial rule, for some of them, has continued through this century. The establishment of the New Literatures in English in research and teaching has been propagated at German universities since the 1970s. An integral component of the NLE programs feature the inclusion of interdisciplinary studies such as history, sociology, ethnology, anthropology and linguistics.
Doctoral students meet at the yearly conference and discuss their work in special study groups.
This is a conference at which authors and academics give NLE students an insight into the cultural and literary variety of their field of study. As the NLE programs are not established at all universities, the acceptance of dissertations has often been a problem at such institutions. Contact and Membership Today, the Association for the Study of the New Literatures in English has more than 230 members. Osnabrueck Germany Tel. We are thankful for every donation we receive.