4:00p-5:15p TR (58) 3 cr.
Ethnic American Literature focuses on selected works by North American
ethnic writers,
including works by European-America, African-American,
Native-American, and Asian-American
writers. The course will discuss and define the shifting concept of
ethnicity in the
Americas and investigate the relationships between ethnicity and
history, and ethnicity and
gender. A significant amount of reading (mainly novels) will be
required. Students will
likely write one long essay, a series of response papers, and an
in-class midterm and
final.
The Chaneysville Incident, by David Bradley
Christ in Concrete, by Pietro di Donato
Obasan, by Joy Kogawa
Jasmine, by Bharati Mukherjee
Call It Sleep, by Henry Roth
Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko
Maus I & II, by Art Spiegelman
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker