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FYSE1514A-F20

Refugee Stories

Refugee Stories
“Stories are just things we fabricate,” says a character in Viet Nguyen’s The Refugees. “We search for them in a world besides our own, then leave them here to be found, garments shed by ghosts.” In this course students will find stories by and about a paradigmatic modern figure: the displaced refugee seeking asylum in unfamiliar lands. Highlighting literary and visual representations, we will also draw from history, sociology, anthropology, environmental studies, and feminist critique. Beginning with the Syrian refugee crisis, we will circle back to the Vietnam War and the lingering questions it poses to today’s social justice movement. 3 hrs. sem.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
92625
Subject Code:
FYSE
Course Number:
1514
Section Identifier:
A

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FYSE 1514

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Fall 2020

FYSE1514A-F20 Seminar (Graves)