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.

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Athena Title

Ethnic American Literature Hon

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2500

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Non-Traditional 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.

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Prerequisite

Permission of Honors

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Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student learning Outcomes

• Students will be exposed to multiethnic literatures from the United States, emphasizing the relevance of these texts to contemporary society around the world.
• Students will have enhanced critical thinking.
• Students will have improved oral communication.
• Students will have improved writing.

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Topical Outline

• 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.

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General Education Core

CORE IV: Humanities and the Arts

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