LITERATURES OF MIGRATION AND DIASPORA

ILS/LACIS 367

Explores literature to understand representations and experiences of migration within the United States, and in the Americas more broadly, over time and across cultures. Focusing on literature and employing historical and psychoanalytic interpretive approaches, critically analyze artistic and literary representations of the migrant experience. Topics include: the relationships between literature, art, and migration; the role of migrants in constructing the United States; the role of art and literature in the empowerment of marginalized groups. Analyze literary texts in their contexts using tools of literary analysis and express ideas about literary texts and art from a critical perspective.

ENGL 461

Literature in English by authors whose work reflects the experience of ethnic and minority groups.

ENGL 173

Introduction to literature that reflects the writing and experience of minority and ethnic groups. Texts will focus on a theme or problem.

ASIAN/ENGL 478

Study of literature, drama, and film produced by authors of South Asian origin in Europe, North America, and the Caribbean. Course considers theories of diaspora, changing patterns of subcontinental migration, and relation of diasporic forms to the cultures of origin and adoption. Not open to students with credit for LCA 478 prior to Fall 2019.

ENGL 829

Study of a topic in migration diaspora as they relate to literature.