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3.00 Credits
Designed for future teachers of English, the multi-genre course provides students with an awareness of representative literature from the various ethnic cultures that are a part of American Life.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of African-American Literature in its social, cultural, and political context, beginning with Phyllis Wheatly, continuing through the slave narratives of the pre-Civil War era to the masterpieces of the Harlem Renaissance and the works of contemporary writers, such as James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, Alice Walker, August Wilson and Gwendolyn Brooks.
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3.00 Credits
In the mid-1960s a literature developed written by authors of Mexican heritage residing permanently in the United States and further identifiable as "Chicano" in that is coincided with the civil rights struggle by and for that group in the same period-the Chicano Movement. Certainly people of Mexican extraction living in the United States produced literary works prior to the 1960s. Chicano Literature, however, as most people use the term, is that which is associated with a new consciousness of political, social and cultural identity linked to the Chicano Movement. This course will study the emergence and development of this literature in relation to the historical conditions that gave rise to it and in relation to the development of Chicago/a cultural national identity underwriting the literature. Moreover, as the literature has continued to develop since the 1960s, we will explore the evolution of the literature with a particular focus on how the literature has taken part in a larger cultural contestation over and redifinition of the content of Chicano/a identity and politics, particularly from feminist and gay and lesbian perspectives. Students must have as a prerequisite for this course at least English 101.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of African literature in its cultural, historical, social and political contexts. Africa is a continent of diverse peoples, cultures, languages, customs, food, economies, experiences of colonialism/imperialism and so on. With such diversity of daily life and historical and cultural experiences comes a wealth of literature; oral literature, drama, poetry, short stories and novels. This course will cover diverse authors such as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Zakes Mda, Nurrudin Farah, Buchi Emecheta, Tsitsi Dangarembga, etc.
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3.00 Credits
Students write poetry which is discussed and critiqued in class by instructor and students.
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3.00 Credits
Students write poetry which is discussed and critiqued in class by instructor and students.
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3.00 Credits
Students write prose poetry which is discussed and critiqued in class by instructor and students.
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3.00 Credits
Students write prose poetry which is discussed and critiqued in class by instructor and students.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to modern poetry in English: its origins, dominant themes, and characteristic techniques.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of poetry in English from 1950 to the present. This course will examine the major themes and techniques of poets writing during the period.
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