The unit explores contemporary literary and cultural texts as sites of reclaimed or reconstructed histories. The texts embody a range of complex negotiations with the past and memory, bringing the discourses of history and imagination into relationship. It examines a range of questions/debates which emerge at the intersection of history, culture and fiction, and the ways in which each text reflects key aspects of its historical and cultural context and the strategies involved in their representation. Students will be able to compare and contrast cultural texts from different socio-political configurations, bringing each text into relationship with other contexts and conditions. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Pier Paolo Frassinelli
