ENGL 349 - Race, Culture & Identity in MultiEthnic

3 Hour(s)

What is literary multiculturalism? How do race and culture connect to define Native American, African American, Asian American and Hispanic American literatures? How different writers negotiate between individual and group identities, their race, ethnicity, gender and class intersecting with dominant American culture. Looking closely at individual texts in their specific social, historical, cultural and aesthetic contexts, the themes of survival, ‘usable past’, ‘bloodlines’, ‘borderlands’, assimilation and acculturation along with different ‘signifying’ practices will be explored.

General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive