Dr. Amina Elhalawani. Uncanny Journeys
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- Date
- Oct 31, 2023 12:00 pm
- Registration
- Zoom Registration
- Contact
- CSAMES
- csames@illinois.edu
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Uncanny Journeys: Magical Realism and the Narrative of the Refugee in Exit West and What Strange Paradise. This lecture focuses on a reading of two contemporary novels: Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West and Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise in the light of magical realism.