MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES

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This course is an introduction to literature written by writers of color living in the United States. With special attention to motifs such as history, marginality, movement, violence, hybridity, linguistic identity, and home/land, the course explores similarities and differences in the writings of diverse Americans. The prisms of gender, class, and sexuality connect to and collide with racialized identities. While realizing the advantages of comparative study, this course samples only select works by American writers. PREREQ: (UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN (ENGLISH OR ENGLISH EDUCATION)) OR INSTRUCTOR CONSENT