LIT 323 - Autobiography

Institution:

Marylhurst University

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Students will explore problems of narrative through the study of autobiography and memoir. Some of the issues that might be explored are the relation of gender to autobiography, the problems of truth and fiction in relationship to memory in autobiography, the relation of performativity to identity, and the problematics of self-representation. Meets LAC outcome: AIB7. A Studies in Literary Genre course. 3 crs. A recent example of a course offered in this area is the following: AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Reading texts ranging from slave narratives to contemporary memoirs, this course examines issues surrounding the politics of selfrepresentation. African-American critics and theorists will provide the basis for addressing questions about race and the role of autobiography. As Henry Louis Gates, Jr. writes, "Through autobiography, these writers could at once shape a public 'self'in language, and protest the degradation of their ethnic group by multiple forms of U.S. racism." 3 crs.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.marylhurst.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 636-8141

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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