English 256 - Transnational Literature

What is the role of memory in transnational Anglophone literature? How does recollection aid the creation of continuity in narratives that extend across geographic or cultural borders? This course considers themes such as trauma, nostalgia, introspection, and myth in relation to contemporary representations of colonialism, cosmopolitanism, expatriation, and diaspora. We will read novels, memoirs, and poems from the last half-decade by authors from all over the world, including Nabokov, Rushdie, Ishiguro, Ondaatje, and others.

Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors