Literatures of Migration: Past and Present

Education facts

Code: AEN2BZ

The course focuses on a comparative literary analysis of the theme of migration from a diachronic perspective. The literary traditions covered in the course are those from English-, French- and Spanish-speaking countries. The concept of migration is to be understood in a broad sense, including not only the transnational migration of individuals, but also the migration of literary texts, worldviews and socio-cultural and literary concepts across geographical, linguistic and cultural borders. The course will emphasise how these cross-border migrations contribute to redefinitions of individual and collective identities, as well as of literary traditions. The comparative approach in the course aims to identify the similarities and differences that emerge in the redefinition of English-, French- and Spanish-speaking literary traditions when approached from the perspective of migration. The selected literary texts will be analysed with reference to a number of relevant theories, including postcolonialism, postnationalism, transculturality and cosmopolitanism.

Entry requirements

90 credits, including 30 credits at level III (level G2F/C), in one of the following subjects: English; French; Spanish; Comparative Literature or a Bachelor‘s Degree equivalent to 180 credits in Comparative Literature or languages or 15 credits in Intercultural Literature Studies at Second cycle and English 6.Exemption from Swedish can be given.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Literatures of Migration: Past and Present

  Dalarna University

  Start date: 19 January 2026

  End date: 29 March 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %