COMP 244
Mediterranean Journeys
Spring 2019
Division I
Difference, Power, and Equity
Cross-listed
GBST 244
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Class Details
Though European border management today seeks to limit and control movement, the Mediterranean region is a historical site of mediation between cultural differences and religious views. This course centers primarily on the works of the so-called “migrant intellectuals and artists” who have emerged from the Mediterranean region to become a significant part of the new voice of Europe. Borrowing from Deleuze and Guattari’s definition of “minor literature” as a literature that a “minority constructs within a major language” and in which “language is affected with a high coefficient of deterritorialization,” we explore the political, cultural and anthropological effects of such literature in today’s European public discourse. Behind the medium of a national language, new cultures and identities are claiming inclusion into the core of the social fabric by speaking out from a marginal position. We read both literary works (Ali Farah, Guene, Lakhous, Scego) and critical theory (Cassano, Chambers, Fanon, Hall, Theo Goldberg); we also analyze films and documentaries (Carpignano, Crialese, Godard).
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 3495
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 3495
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
weekly writing assignments, midterm and final exams, final paper, oral presentation
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
Comparative Literature majors
Distributions:
Division I
Difference, Power, and Equity
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
COMP 244 Division I GBST 244 Division II
COMP 244 Division I GBST 244 Division II
DPE Notes:
Within the theoretical framework of postcolonial studies, this course examines themes such as: race; Europe and its postcolonial legacy; power imbalances in the current European policies of migration; the urban space of Rome as site of conflictual representations of center/periphery.
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COMP 244 - 01 (S) SEM Mediterranean Journeys
COMP 244 - 01 (S) SEM Mediterranean JourneysDivision I Difference, Power, and EquityTF 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
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COMP 244 - 01 (S) SEM Mediterranean Journeys
COMP 244 - 01 (S) SEM Mediterranean JourneysDivision I Difference, Power, and EquityTF 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
Hollander 1583495
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