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.
Athena Title
Ethnic American Literature Hon
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2500
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.
Prerequisite
Permission of Honors
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
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.
Syllabus