ENGL 280 Genre Studies: 20th Century Ethnic Narratives
Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition area of the core with a grade of C- or above. How do we add our own stories to the palimpsest of American identity? In this course, we will explore how national and personal histories of ethnicity in the United States are handed down, revised, and contradicted in both autobiography and fiction. Authors may include John Okada, Sherman Alexie, Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison,Cynthia Ozick, and others. (H2, G)
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