Solidarity - Histories, Literatures, Rationales (COMPLIT 164, COMPLIT 364)

3–5 credits · Undergraduate

This course studies moments in history where ordinary forms of immediate political interest give way to a more capacious sense of obligation and commitment. With close readings of literary texts we will critique and analyze these moments to understand better their complexities and contradictions. Cases include Spanish Civil War; South African apartheid, Ukraine, Palestine.