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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. Past offerings
of this course focused on Asian American literature—encompassing
Chinese American literature, Filipino American literature, Japanese
American literature, South Asian American literature, and Vietnamese
American literature.

ENGL 715 SPECIAL TOPICS IN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
LITERATURE
Former course number 515 Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
An intensive study of American autobiography primarily from a
historical perspective. This course will explore various forms of the
genre, including the diary and journals, letters, slave narratives, essay,
and memoir. Topics to be addressed include the ways autobiographies
reveal or reflect the social history of the United States, the relationship
of literacy to freedom in the African American community, and the
reasons for the autobiography being the preferred form of first-
generation immigrants. Larger theoretical issues include 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

ENGL 734 SEMINAR IN LITERATURE OF THE EAST
Former course number 534 Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
An intensive study of the literary tradition of China or India or Japan.
Representative works— in non-fiction prose, fiction, poetry, and
drama--will be studied in the cultural, historical, social contexts in which
they were written. And, where appropriate, the theories of literature of
each tradition will be explored.

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