This course examines the concept of “strange” and the figure of the “stranger” in a wide range of written and visual texts, from Shakespeare to Albert Camus to the 2017 horror/comedy film Get Out. We will focus on depictions of religious, racial, gendered, and other forms of alienation and otherness, from both an insider’s and outsider’s perspective. This course will be offered in 2022-23, and in alternating years thereafter.