20th Century American Women Writers of Color

Prerequisite: A C- or higher in any WC&IL II course (may be taken concurrently); or HON 1000 (may be taken concurrently); or any ENG 2000-level course; or WRI 1150; or department approval.

This upper-division literature course explores identity politics shaped by class, race, gender, and sexuality within the poetry, prose fiction, drama, and biographical and critical essays by Native-American, African-American, Asian-American, Latina/Chicana, and Pacific-Islander writers. Discussion themes include power and status, erasure and marginality, and the establishment of narrative voice as counter-narrative within dominant forms of literary discourse.

Credit: 3