JWST 272 - Literature and Human Rights

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Cinema Studies, Comparative Literature, English
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

This course examines the vital intersections between literature and human rights, from WWII to the present. We will trace literary and cultural engagements with issues of citizenship, the law, and human rights in various contexts of war, decolonization, violence, and oppression. Grounded in Holocaust studies and postcolonial studies, we will examine how the aftermaths of genocide or meditations on the Atlantic slave trade, for example, offer situated engagements with the capacity and limits of national histories and subjectivities. Readings will span genres of fiction, poetry, memoir, critical theory, political philosophy, and history.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: S. Talve-Goodman
Cross List Information Cross-listed with CMPL 272