EN 380-389A - Cultural Diversity Series

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Merrimack College

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Study of selected writers and works outside the mainstream of traditional literary study, with attention to the question of canonicity. May satisfy before or after 1800, depending on particular course. Satisfies the humanities distribution requirement. Three hours a week. Representative Cultural Diversity offerings: American Indian Renaissance Study of the flourishing of Indian poetry and fiction over the last two decades. Writers such as Leslie Silko, Louise Erdrich, N. Scott Momaday, Dee Brown, and Wendy Rose. American Literature by Women of Color Study of minority women writers such as Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Hysaye Yamamoto. Emphasis on how issues of gender and race impacted the literary careers of these women. Twentieth-Century Drama and Performance by Women A study of selected plays and performances by female dramatic artists from the early 20th century to the present, with emphasis on works from the 1950s through the 1990s; some attention to pre-twentieth-century plays. Selections from such writers as Susan Glaspell, Marsha Norman, Caryl Churchill, Ntozake Shange, Anna Deavere Smith. American Women’s Fiction Study of short stories, novels, and biographical fiction produced by women in the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Explores traditionally masculine American myths and values from a feminine perspective, emphasizing the changing position of women in American culture. Particular attention to social, political, and philosophical influences on American women writers such as Jacobs, Davis, Chopin, Wharton, Morrison, Erdrich, and Tan. Postcolonial Literature Study of twentieth-century writers and works from former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia in their historical and cultural contexts. Writers may include Achebe, Ngug, Sidhwa, Rushdie, Harris, Prerequisite: Junior status. Twentieth-Century Caribbean Writers Study of twentieth-century writers and works from the Anglophone Caribbean in their historical and cultural contexts. Writers may include Lamming, Cliff, Rhys, Selvon, Brathwaite and others. After 1800.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.merrimack.edu

Phone Number:

(978) 837-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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