Exile Literature

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Study of authors and works of exile literature, including defining and challenging what exile literature is now, based on the definition grounded in the exile of writers from Nazi Germany. Major authors may include James Baldwin, Walter Benjamin, Paul Celan, Aimé Cesire, Eva Hoffman, Else Lasker-Schuler, Anna Seghers, Audre Lorde, Yoko Tawada, Friedrich Torberg, among others. Discussion, readings and weekly response papers to the group, collaborative projects, final research paper. Satisfies a major requirement in CIS - Global Literary Theory Satisfies a major requirement in German Studies Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Global Literary Theory Satisfies a minor requirement in German Studies Satisfies the Justice, Equality, and Community requirement Prerequisites & Notes Permission required.