English 891WA - S-Climate Wars/Anthropocene

This course allows us to analyze the war-torn present and theorize habitable futures built on a politics of life. We will read literary and critical texts from around the world. Major authors and scholars may include Omar El Akkad, Kim Stanley Robinson, Arundhati Roy, Tommy Orange, Abdulrahman Munif, Amitav Ghosh, Rebecca Solnit, Anne McClintock, Rawi Hage, Tayeb Salih, Dina Nayeri, Tiffany Lethabo King, Christy Lefteri, and Behrouz Bouchani.

Open to Graduate students only.