ENGL 317
Global and Diasporic Literatures
Fall 2026 · ENGL 317 LEC A1: Global and Diasporic Literatures; T. Tomsky · Course preview
Topics
- Diaspora
- Historical displacement
- Trauma and collective memory
Readings
- Morrison, Toni. Beloved. 1987.
- Kincaid, Jamaica. Lucy. 1990.
- Badami, Anita Rau. Can the Nightbird Sing? 2006.
- Lahiri, Jhumpa. Unaccustomed Earth. 2008.
- Cole, Teju. Tremor. 2019 [as listed].
- Vuong, Ocean. On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous. 2019.
- Danticat, Edwidge. Everything Inside: Stories. 2019.
- Blasim, Hassan. God 99. 2020.
- Antoon, Sinan. The Book of Collateral Damage. 2019.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- ENGL 300 LEC B1: Social and Cultural History of the English Language; D. Bargen ↗2027
- ENGL 317 GLOBAL AND DIASPORIC LITERATURES · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
- All titles are listed as possible texts. Bibliographic dates follow the departmental preview and are not independently corrected.