ENGL 6640

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ENGL 6640
Migrant Aesthetics: Contemporary Fiction on the Move

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Forced or chosen, migration exacts complex costs. How have writers from across the globe adopted and changed the novel -- a form associate with rise of imperialism -- to tell stories about migration and exile? How do these aesthetic challenges also dovetail with or diverge from the aesthetics of detention spaces and borders? Is there a useful aesthetic theory or creative practice for stories about migration when aesthetics have been closely tied to power? How do affective structures lean on or escape aesthetic habits to make new meaning, tell new stories that don’t simply end in acculturation or assimilation? We will engage with these questions by studying novels, art, and memoirs alongside recent theories of aesthetics and affect.


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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4640, ENGL 4640, LSP 4640

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7720 ENGL 6640   SEM 101

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    • R
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Brady, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person