Travel and English Literature

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This module is firmly positioned within the contemporary cultural context of societal challenges involving travel, such as Europe's refugee crisis on land and sea, US immigration policy and the treatment of migrants, Brexit and the Irish border, and being confined to home during a pandemic. This module will explore the manner in which English literature, past and present, engages with issues of travel and the representation of power and agency involved in the movement of individuals on a local and global level.