How does movement — across and within nation-state borders — impact people in various ways? How do they write about their experiences before, during, and after this physical act of migration through literature? How can literature itself be impacted by movement? These are some of the questions we will explore together in Migrant Literature. In this course, you can expect to read literature by authors from around the globe. We will sample literature contextualized in migration by various authors — primarily women and queer authors of color — with a focus on modern literature, though we will begin the course with historical literature by migrant authors.

Offered Fall 2024