ENGL 825 - Writing the Self:American Ethnic and Racial Identities

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Trinity College

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Description:

Autobiography, "autoethnography," and autobiographical novels have all served to construct ideas of what ethnic and racial identity mean in the United States. In this course we will read a number of literary and critical texts that take as their subject writing the self. We will explore a variety of genres, from slave narratives to spiritual autobiographies to social realist novels to postmodern collages. We will explore how race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and national origin intersect to build an American identity. Texts may include Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; George Copway, The Life of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh; Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road; Jo Sinclair, Wasteland; John Okada, No-No Boy; Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera, as well as theoretical work by Hazel Carby, Homi Bhabha, Judith Butler, Donna Haraway. 1.00 units, Seminar

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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