Beyond Borders: Hispanic Writers in Exile

4.0 credits

This course explores the experiences of authors and artists from the Spanish speaking world who lived in exile as a result of war, political repression, dictatorship, or social upheaval. Through novels, short stories, poetry, essays, memoirs, and graphic novels, students will examine how displacement shapes personal and collective identities and how literature becomes a means of preserving memory, resisting oppression, and imagining home. Students will read works by authors from Spain and Latin America while considering the historical contexts that led to their exile. Class discussions will address themes such as belonging, language, migration, nostalgia, resilience, human rights, & culture.