Literary Geopolitics

Graduate / Professional

Combining literary and theoretical readings, we consider a variety of approaches to the issue of literary geopolitics. The seminar examines how some major works of twentieth-century literature configure geopolitical issues at the level of form, assess how literary capital is globally distributed, and discuss the establishment of national, postcolonial and “world literature” as fields of study. Literary authors may include Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Thomas Mann, Virginia Woolf, Joseph Roth, Marguerite Duras, and Mathias Enard. Theoretical readings include works by Pascale Casanova, Pierre Bourdieu, Theo D’haen, Christopher GoGwilt, Franco Moretti, Edward Said, and others. W 4pm-5:55pm