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.
Humanities Research Institute
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Levis Faculty Center, Suite 400
919 W Illinois St. MC 057
Urbana, IL 61801
Contact: info-HRI@illinois.edu