Middlebury

ENGL 0462

Lit Migration Displacement

Literature of Displacement: Forced Migration, Diaspora, Exile
We will study contemporary postcolonial literature and theory about migration, displacement, exile, and diaspora. Spurred variously by force, necessity and desire, migrants leave their homes and homelands with regret and with hope. Writers address the historical forces that shape these migrations: decolonization and neo-colonialism, globalization, warfare, dispossession, political violence, religious conflict, and environmental catastrophe. These writers experiment with narrative form and poetic language to explore the experiences of undocumented immigrant workers, exiles, refugees and well-to-do migrants. We will examine constructions of identity, history, community and place in texts by Anzaldua, Ali, Darwish, Diome, Patel, Gomez Pena, Said, Rushdie, Spivak, and others. (Diversity) (Rec)
Subject:
English
Department:
English
Division:
Literature
Requirements Fulfilled:
CMP LIT SOA SOC
Equivalent Courses:
GSFS 0462
ENGL 0268 *
GSFS 0268
ENGL 0354
ENAM 0373
ENAM 0268
IGST 0354
ENGL 0373 *
ENAM 0462

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