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HUM 295-04 - Special Topic: The Migrant State of Mind: New Translated Literature from India

1 or 2 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: GLS 295-03 .  The course will explore the figure of the migrant wandering the pages of new translated fiction from India, and will broaden the definition of migration and migrants to include journeys between cultures: from rural to urban, between social class and caste, and migration that is not defined by physical movement but as a state of mind. We will read four acclaimed novels translated into English from Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali.

Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates: April 7 to April 30. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Staff