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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 42558
Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Human Diversity
UG Core Literature/Writing
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
Clearly, what is now termed by mainstream scholars and activists as the “refugee crisis” is a subject that needs serious study. This course will examine the historical and political conditions that determine this “crisis,” exploring concepts such as displacement, migrancy, exile, and transnationalism within the context of global capitalism. We will study the works of a variety of writers, such as Leila Abdelrazaq, Jason De León, Nadifa Mohamed, Óscar Martínez, Dinaw Mengetsu, and Viet Than Nguyen, among others. This course provides an in-depth exploration of how literature engages Christian thought, experience, and practice and how a reader engages works of imaginative literature from an intellectually serious Christian perspective. The course will also provide an introduction to theories in the interdisciplinary field of religion and literature. Religious themes studied will come from a variety of literary forms, including those of myth, history, parable, short story, essay, children's literature, poem, and novel. The literature chosen may reflect a variety of cultural backgrounds so that, among other things, we may consider how meaning may be affected by changes in worldview. Specific topics vary; accordingly, credit may be earned more than once for this course number. This course fulfills the Contexts and Convergences requirement in the English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 201, 202, 203, or 204. This course satisfies the core Literature and Writing requirement for students who started that requirement with an ENGL 201-204 class, the core Human Diversity requirement, a Diversity Literature and Contexts and Convergences requirement for English majors, a 300-level elective for English with Creative Writing and English with Professional Writing majors, and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement.
4 Credits