LTWR 450 - Comparative American Ethnic Literature

Units: 3

Comparison of various ethnic American discourses such as African American, Chinese American, Jewish American, Latino/a American, Japanese American, Native American, Italian American, and Vietnamese American. Includes analysis of a variety of different genres ranging from autobiography to novel to poetry, and examines texts through thematic and/or historical frameworks in order to view them as products of varying cultural and historical circumstances. Questions notions of “American identity” and the “American canon.”

Prerequisite(s): LTWR 300A .