OSUN Themes: Arts and Society; Inequalities; Liberal Arts and Sciences
Literatures of the Roma (Gypsies)
Term: January 27, 2025 – May 20, 2025Level: 100-Level
Day/Time: Monday; Wednesday 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor: Anita Tarnai, Bard College
The course provides an opportunity for students to examine stereotypes associated with the Roma in literature and film as well as engage with primary resources (poetry, prose, essays, art) produced by Roma authors and also drawn from collective forms of Romani art (fairy tales and songs). Students will explore themes of “the other,” identity, class, race, gender, location (and dislocation) and time, and the often overlooked experiences of Romani slavery and the Holocaust, amongst others.
Credits: 4 US / 8 ECTS