Students will gain knowledge of the various ethnic cultural
traditions in the United States as exhibited in their literatures.
They will become familiar with the history of different immigrant
groups, the varied problems of assimilation encountered by diverse
populations in different eras, the linguistic issues specific
to each ethnic group, and the modifications in source culture
values that each group experiences during the process of
assimilation.
Students will also learn to analyze individual literary works,
identifying thematic, stylistic, and generic elements and 
interpreting the work within its social, historical and aesthetic
context.
Finally, students will improve their skills in expository writing
by composing three analytic essays during the semester.

The following is a sample syllabus.  Specific works treated
will vary with the instructor.

Week One: The African-American Experience

	Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, Narrative 
        (Norton Anthology)

Week Two:

	Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston (Norton Anthology)

Week Three:

	Ishmael Reed, Maya Angelou, Rita Dove (Norton Anthology)

Week Four: The Latino-Experience

	Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima

Week Five:

	Cristina Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban

Week Six:

	Velez, Bus Stops, and stories by Pi¤ero, Cisneros, Hijuelos and Cofer 
        (Latino Reader)

Week Seven: The Asian-American Experience

	Maxine Hong Kingston, The Warrior Woman

Week Eight:

	John Okada, No-No Boy

Week Nine:
	
	Stories from Charlie Chan Is Dead

Week Ten: The Jewish-American Experience

	Abraham Cahan, The Imported Bride

Week Eleven:

	Isaac Bashevis Singer, Collected Stories

Week Twelve: The Native-American Experience

	N. Scott Momaday, In the Presence of the Sun

Week Thirteen:

	Joy Harjo, She Had Some Horses, Stories from 
        The Remembered Earth

Week Fourteen: The Arab-American Experience

	Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab American Poetry

Week Fifteen:

	Nehid Rachlin, Veils


Texts: 

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay. Norton Anthology 
        of African American Literature
Anaya, Rudolfo.  Bless Me, Ultima
Garcia, Cristina.  Dreaming in Cuban
Velez, Manuel.  Bus Stops and Other Poems
Augenbraum, Harold, and Margarite Fern ndez Olmos, eds.  
       The Latino Reader 
Kingston, Maxine Hong.  The Warrior Woman
Hagedorn, Jessica, ed.  Charlie Chan Is Dead
Okada, John.  No-No Boy
Singer, Isaac Bashevis.  Collected Stories
Cahan, Abraham.  The Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories
Momaday, N. Scott.  In the Presence of the Sun
Harjo, Joy.  She Had Some Horses
Hobson, Geary.  The Remembered Earth: An Anthology of Contemporary 
       Native American Literature.
Orfalea, Gregory, and Sharif Elmusa.  Grape Leaves: 
       A Century of Arab American Poetry
Rachlin, Nehid.  Veils.

Requirements:

Three expository papers (5 pages)
One mid-term examination
One final examination

Students are required to abide by the University of Georgia academic honesty policy.