The experience of African-American as expressed in their literature from slave narratives and early poetry to contemporary writers will be introduced. Emphasis is on the twentieth century writers of the Harlem Renaissance to the present. The literature of the American West represents the development of the image of the West and of the American epic hero and heroine. This course surveys the impressions and views of the West, past and present, and its effect on the American Dream. 205 Literature of War Students will study novels, plays, short stories and poetry dealing with war, from classical times to the present, with a look to the future.
Emphasis is on European and American works but some international readings are included.
The course may be taken for 2 or 3 credits and may only be taken once. Films, film clips, documentary specials, fiction, poetry and scholarly articles will be used. 207 Literature of the Asian American Experience Asian-American writers from different ethnic backgrounds will be studied in this course. Emphasis is on twentieth century writers. This course is a study, intended for women and men, of the tradition of literature by women and its relationship to movements and periods of the mainstream male-dominated canon.