1:10p-2:25p D (30) 3 cr.
Ethnic American Literature focuses on selected works by North American ethnic writers, including works by European-America, African-American, Native-American, Asian-American, and Latino/a writers. The course will discuss and define the shifting concepts of race and 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.
Probable Texts:
The Chaneysville Incident, David Bradley
Christ in Concrete, Pietro di Donato
Dreaming in Cuban, Cristina Garcia
Obasan, by Joy Kogawa
Jasmine, Bharati Mukherjee
The Women of Brewster Place, Gloria Naylor
Maus I & II, Art Spiegelman
Hungry Hearts, Anzia Yezierska