Literary Worldmaking - Einzelansicht

This class will discuss various theories of literary worldmaking in a wider context of terms such as worlding, racial worldmaking, planetarity, globalization, and the pluriverse. Our main focus, however, will be on literary texts and the worlds they create, as well as the political, social, and aesthetic implications of these creations.

Please obtain the following texts:

Wayde Compton, The Outer Harbor

T.C. Boyle, The Terranauts

Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster

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