| Description | Diaspora is a term that most commonly refers to
groups of people who have been displaced and
dispersed from a place of origin--for political,
social and economic reasons. Diasporic literature
thus often articulates and interrogates questions
of nationalism, colonialism, empire, home,
identity and belonging. This course will examine
diaspora as a practice in claiming and challenging
historical, translated and imagined identities and
places. By focusing on the writings of diasporic
authors, this course will explore how textual
forms creatively engage with issues of
international and intranational migration and
write (and rewrite) the histories of local,
national, and global communities.
Different offerings of this course may focus on
work from one or multiple diasporic communities
and examine a range of textual forms including
fiction, poetry, drama, autobiography, memoir,
essays, and speeches, as well as other forms of
cultural production such as film, visual art and
critical theory. |
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