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study and apply current feminist critical theory, and they will consider the
respective social, political, cultural, and historical contexts of the works.

ENGL 714 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ETHNIC/MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
Former course number 514
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course is an in-depth study of literary works written in English by
contemporary ethnic minority writers in North America. Students will explore
representative works-- in fiction, non-fiction prose, poetry, drama, and criticism
in the context of minority discourse.

ENGL 715 SPECIAL TOPICS IN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE
Former course number 515
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course will explore various forms of life writing, including the diary and
journals, letters, narratives of enslavement, captivity narratives, essay, memoir,
and autobiography. Students will consider the ways autobiographies reveal or
reflect the social history of the United States; the relationship of literacy to
freedom in the African American community; the reasons for the autobiography
being the preferred form of first-generation immigrants; and larger theoretical
issues such as the nature of “truth” in autobiographical texts and the boundaries
between fiction and autobiography.

ENGL 733 SEMINAR IN LITERATURE OF THE CARIBBEAN
Former course number 533
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This seminar places Caribbean writing in context by reading narratives, fiction,
poetry, and essays from the period of colonialism to the present. The course
introduces students to some of the major writers and scholars of Caribbean
literature. Students will explore how writers represent the history, richness,
vulnerabilities, and strengths of island life and the common bonds between
Caribbean cultures and their literary productions. Where appropriated, students
will consider ecocritical as well as postcolonial theories.

ENGL 734 SEMINAR IN LITERATURE OF THE EAST
Former course number 534
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3

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