Literature of displacement: Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things and Toni Morrison's A Mercy

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Each of the texts we shall consider offers a unique vision of an identity evolved out of the crucible of displacement. What does it mean to lose one’s home, family, cultural markers? What is lost, what might be gained? How do people come to create home in new spaces, land and cultures? We will discover how the form of literature offers a realm of experimentation and exploration as new, hybrid and self-determinant characters transcend the challenges of their extraordinary journeys.

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• Understand migration narratives and their connection to unique and changing histories and locations.• Identify key techniques (narrative fragmentation, magical realism, lyric descriptions, multi-voiced perspectives) of the writers.• Describe the historical, racial, social and cultural context of each text.

CORE TEXTS Please purchase in preparation for our study:The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0006550686 )A Mercy by Toni Morrison ISBN-10: 0099502542 (Vintage 2009)Optional:A Country of Refuge: An Anthology of Writing on Asylum Seekers ed. By Lucy Popescu ISBN-13: 978-1783522682.

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Language, structure, theme, Post-Colonial literature, symbolism, and narrative perspective as demonstrated in the literature. We will also consider how the writers engage the formation of identity and the impact of history (war, upheveal) on lived experience—in particular how cultures surviving the flux and stress of migration create a dynamic or innovative expression.


Tutor input ,textual analysis, large and small group discussion, dramatic readings, creative response and preparatory reading. The reading load will be significant: 30-50 pages per week. Tutor will provide additional notes and preparatory materials via email.

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Literature of displacement: Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things and Toni Morrison's A Mercy

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