LATS 308
Diaspora and Displacement: Theories and Literatures Spring 2014
Division II Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed COMP 309 / AMST 308
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This seminar blends theories on the definitions of diaspora, with scholarly research on particular diasporic communities, and literary depictions of the experience of the diasporic subject. This combination is meant to provide students with the intellectual frameworks that prevail amidst diaspora studies while simultaneously grounding these scholarly concepts in the approachable lens of fiction. The first section of the course examines theoretical notions of diaspora through the work of such scholars as Khachig Tölölyan, William Safran, Stuart Hall, James Clifford, and Brent Hayes Edwards. The second section introduces literary works alongside further research on particular diasporic communities, including writings by Avtar Brah, Lok Siu, Georges Eugene Fouron, Saidiya Hartman, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Marjane Satrapi. The final portion of the class turns to the work of scholars and authors that revise diaspora studies in exciting ways, including David L. Eng, Gayatri Gopinath, JeeYeun Lee, Stefan Helmreich, R. Zamora Linmark, Nam Le, and Cristina Garcia. This course fulfills the critical theorization theme for the Exploring Diversity Initiative through its comparative analysis of scholarship and literature on difference in diasporic communities.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 21
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: students will be evaluated based on weekly write-ups on the readings, two in-class presentations on the readings, participation, a midterm annotated bibliography, and a final seminar paper
Extra Info: may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the Gaudino option
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: LATS concentrators
Distributions: Division II Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes: meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under COMP; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under AMST or LATS
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
LATS 308 Division II COMP 309 Division I AMST 308 Division II
Attributes: LATS Core Electives

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