ML 365 - Home Here and Abroad: Why It Matters So Much

(3.00 cr.)

Examines the creation and evolution of the idea of home in different cultures and specific literary texts. In order to better understand what we call home, students analyze how the concepts of private life, intimacy, and comfort evolved at different times in different cultures and literatures. Once this is defined, the course analyzes how foreigners perceive our home, how their perception often differs from ours, how we see their home, and what it takes to create a new home. GT