ENGC 6081 - EXILE IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

Institution:

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

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Description:

Starting with an ample overview of the topos of exile in the modern period, this course explores this theme in literature written in the aftermath of World War II, colonialism, and socialism. The focus is primarily on writers whose literary identity was formed around the fracture of exile or dislocation. Students read fiction but also nonfiction and autobiographical works and essays by writers such as K. Ishiguro, V. S. Naipaul, B. Mukherjee, S. Rushdie, E. Said, W.G. Sebald and Lawrence Weschler. The focus is on primary texts, but graduate students will also read theory as well. Students give one presentation and write daily responses, one short essay, and one longer essay presented to the class in draft form for critique and then revised. Graduate students give a second presentation, sharing with the class their additional critical readings.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uc.edu

Phone Number:

(513) 556-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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