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An exploration of literary repetitions of different kinds, both within and across texts. How might the repetition of a single detail—an image, a character, even a phrase—yield multiple interpretations? What changes when a story moves from one genre, language, or cultural context to another? How are classics like Shakespeare’s The Tempest or Valmiki’s Ramayana rewritten to speak to contemporary concerns? Considering multiple "tellings" of a single story, we will probe concepts like originality, authenticity, homage, and plagiarism. Work by Chimamanda Adichie, Aimé Césaire, and Kamila Shamsie.