Immigrant Literature ((3 Credits))

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This study will look at the development of immigrant literature in 20th-century America. We will consider themes of assimilation and identity, difference and otherness, ethnic, racial, and gender identity and American national identity. We will consider various genres, including the novel, short story, and memoir, and representative works from different ethnic groups, including Jewish, Irish, Italian, Asian, African, Latino, and Dominican immigrants. Writers may include Anzia Yezierska, Saul Bellow, W.E.B. DuBois, Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, and Frank McCourt. This course satisfies one 3-credit elective requirement of the American Studies advanced certificate. This course was previously LIB-640663.