FA 2023 | ENGLISH 317 - Literature and Culture | Section 001

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ENGLISH 317 - Literature and Culture

Fall 2023, Section 001 - The Literature of the Refugee

Instruction Mode: Section 001 is In Person (see other Sections below)

Subject: English Language and Literature (ENGLISH)

Department: LSA English Language & Literature

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Details

Credits:

Requirements & Distribution:

RE, HU

Waitlist Capacity:

unlimited

Consent:

With permission of instructor.

Repeatability:

May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit(s). May be elected more than once in the same term.

Primary Instructor:

Bakara,Hadji

Start/End Date:

Full Term 8/28/23 - 12/6/23 (see other Sections below)

NOTE: Drop/Add deadlines are dependent on the class meeting dates and will differ for full term versus partial term offerings.
For information on drop/add deadlines, see the Office of the Registrar and search Registration Deadlines.

Description

This course surveys the last one hundred years –– from the outbreak of World War I to the Syrian Civil War ––through the lens of texts written by and about refugees, economic migrants, stateless subjects, and camp denizens. By reading the refugee experience across the 20th and 21st centuries, this course offers undergraduate students with diverse interests an opportunity to rethink some of the most important concepts in contemporary life: security, humanity, the human, the state, race, class, and the global. In addition, it will also provide a strong grounding in past and contemporary global literature.

Readings will include novels, poems, essays, and testimonies from Bessie Head, Chris Cleave, Mahmoud Darwish, Joe Sacco, Ayelet Gunder–Goshen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Muriel Rukeyser, Franz Kafka, Chimamanda Adichie, Russell Banks, Jacques Derrida, Edward Said, Hannah Arendt, W.H. Auden, Anna Seghers, Bertolt Brecht, Dave Eggers, and John Berger.

This course satisfies the following CURRENT English major/minor requirement: Identity/Difference

This course satisfies the following NEW English major/minor requirements: Foundations & Methods 300/400-level, Regions: Americas, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Regions: Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, Time: Contemporary/Modern

Schedule

ENGLISH 317 - Literature and Culture

Section

Class Instruction Mode

Class
Number

Enrollment
Status

Open
Seats

Open Restricted Seats

Waitlist

Day/Time Location

Start/End Date

Schedule Listing

Section:

001 (LEC)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

27001

Enroll Stat:

Closed

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

10:00AM - 11:30AM

2336 MH

8/28/23 - 12/6/23

Section:

002 (LEC)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

23422

Enroll Stat:

Open

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

1:00PM - 2:30PM

1804 SSWB

8/28/23 - 12/6/23

Section:

003 (LEC)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

27002

Enroll Stat:

Open

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

11:30AM - 1:00PM

2175 NQ

8/28/23 - 12/6/23

Section:

004 (LEC)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

34200

Enroll Stat:

Open

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

11:30AM - 1:00PM

2336 MH

8/28/23 - 12/6/23

Section:

008 (LEC)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

34202

Enroll Stat:

Closed

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

1:00PM - 2:30PM

1359 MH

8/28/23 - 12/6/23

Section:

009 (LEC)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

34203

Enroll Stat:

Open

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

11:30AM - 1:00PM

3333 MH

8/28/23 - 12/6/23

Textbooks/Other Materials

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