Explore literary texts (e.g., poetry, chronicles, narratives, and short stories) that describe exile as a trope. Examine themes, such as literature, culture and colonialism, nationality and belonging (i.e., nation, transnation, and post-nation), nature, the sensorial and subjectivity, identity politics (i.e., race, gender, and sexuality), and the ethics of writing. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 35), Spanish 354C, 377C (Topic: Lit/Exile in Span Caribbean). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.