2008-09 Catalog 
    
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2008-09 Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ENG 386 - The Other America

(4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
General Education Requirement / Option: (general education option under cross-cultural studies)

America is home to a variety of peoples and literatures, this course focuses on the development of literatures produced by those outside the Anglo-European tradition whose experiences tell a different story about America. The goal of the course is to enrich students’ views of the content of American Literature and to familiarize them with a culture or cultures with which they may not be conversant. The course may be taught as African American, Native American, Asian American, or Hispanic American literature. Alternatively, the instructor may choose to focus on literatures in contact and conflict with one another, for example, the turbulent confluence of Native American, Anglo, and Hispanic Literatures of Nueva España.

Note: See the instructor for the specific offering before enrolling. This course may be taken more than once, provided a different literature is studied.

Prerequisite: ENG220.