ENGH 202: Texts and Contexts

ENGH 202-K03: Migration Literature
(Spring 2021)

03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR

Mason Korea (119 Songdomunhwa-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea) G101

Section Information for Spring 2021

ENGH 202 - K03: Migration Literature

English 202 is an introductory literature course that fulfills the Mason Core Literature requirement.  This semester we are going to examine various stories, both old and contemporary, under the rubric of migration.  We will examine the ways in which these stories represent and are shaped by human movement, both individual and group migration, both forced and voluntary moving, and both physical and social mobility.  Moving away from one’s familiar space creates unique challenges as well as opening new opportunities.  How does one form new bonds with strangers and with the new place?  How does one maintain old bonds with one’s birth family?  How does one’s sense of identity change in a whole new setting?  How does one maintain one’s sense of self? How does this experience of journey offer an opportunity for personal growth? How do peoples in motion facilitate cultural encounters, which lead to fertile exchanges as well as conflicts?  We will examine the ways in which literary texts represent these unique opportunities and challenges triggered by moving and migration.

Please see the attached syllabus draft for the info on textbooks.  Please purchase paper copies rather than e-books.

* image credit: reimaginingmigration.org

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Studies literary texts within the framework of culture. Examines texts within such categories as history, gender, sexuality, religion, race, class, and nation. Notes: Builds on reading and writing skills taught in ENGH 101. May be repeated within the term.
Mason Core: Literature
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: 3 credits of 100-level English.
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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