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Apr 24, 2024
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HU 429 - Literature of American Minorities3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course acquaints students with a broad range of literature by American writers from minority ethnic backgrounds, from colonial American poetry to contemporary poetry, novels, plays, short stories, and essays. The works read are placed into historical and cultural perspectives, and film may also be used to give students visual references to what has been studied. (prereq: None)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify specific authors and texts from American ethnic minority groups
- Identify elements of short stories, novels and drama
- Identify primary analytical components of literature: character, plot, setting, language
- Identify political, social and religious themes that, in particular, affect members of American ethnic minority groups
Prerequisites by Topic
- No previous literature courses required; however, it is expected that the student will apply language arts skills learned in EN 131 and speaking skills learned in EN 241 .
Course Topics
- Introduction to ethnic literature (1 class)
- Introduction to literary theory (2 classes)
- African-American literature (6 classes)
- Asian-American literature (6 classes)
- Latino literature (6 classes)
- Readings from authors in other ethnic minority groups (8 classes)
- Exams (2 classes)
Coordinator
Katherine Wikoff
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