Instructor: N. Kebranian
The concept of “nation” and ongoing “national” struggles still remain potent, despite or perhaps because of unbound globalization. We will consider “nation” in relation to “state” and “diaspora,” weighing its implications for literary nation-formation with readings in Armenian Diaspora literature. Theoretical readings from Renan, Bhabha, Anderson, Chatterjee, among others. Primary texts from Shahnour, Vorpuni, V. Oshagan and Beledian in translation.
