Coming to England
BRST 217 (CRN: 30602)
Instructors: Charles Philip
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Meeting Times: TW 10.00-12.15
Distributional Requirements: Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
This course looks at how post WW2 migration–primarily from the Caribbean–has transformed Britain into the most multiracial and multicultural country in Europe. The lens we primarily look through is literature, but we also factor in questions of history (both long-term and contemporary) and examine the socio-political ramifications of Britain's evolution into a country that is still struggling to come to terms with its self-evident cultural plurality. In addition, we examining the many ways in which the literary representations of Irish and Jewish experiences of migration and integration into British society run parallel to those of Caribbean and African migrants.
Yale Summer Session 2025