| Course ID: | CMLT 2510H. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Comparative Ethnic American Literature (Honors) |
Course
Description: | A comparative study of ethnic literatures in the United States,
including African-American, Arabic-American, Asian-American,
Hispanic-American, Jewish-American, and Native-American
literatures. Special emphasis will be placed on the relevance
of these texts to contemporary society around the world and on
the complex transactions between literary and socio-political
discourse. |
| Oasis Title: | Ethnic American Literature Hon |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2500 |
| Nontraditional Format: | Students will cover the same material as the non-Honors
counterpart course, with the difference that Honors students
will read more material, discuss the material in greater depth,
and write more papers. |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | - to expose students to multiethnic literatures in the United
States, emphasizing the relevance of these texts to contemporary
society around the world;
- to enhance critical thinking;
- to promote improved oral communication;
- to improve student writing. |
| Topical Outline: | Reading will vary. One example: Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the
Life of a Slave Girl; Nella Larsen, Quicksand; Michael Harper,
Dear John, Dear Coltrane; William Kennedy, Ironweed; Art
Spiegelman, Maus; Lan Samantha Chang, Hunger; Junot Diaz, Drown;
David Henry Hwang, M Butterfly; Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La
Frontera. Special emphasis will be placed on the relevance of
these texts to contemporary society around the world. |