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Apr 24, 2024
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ENGL 261 - Constructing the Subject: African American Women and Auto/Biography This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : African American Studies; Comparative American Studies; Comparative Literature, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies; Comparative Literature Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 credits Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT
Self-discovery and -report have been foundational to the Black intellectual and literary tradition in general. This course focuses particularly on ways in which African-American women have re-conceptualized autobiographical and disciplinary norms and boundaries as well as their own subjectivity (e.g., as actors, thinkers, and citizens) in genre-bending “auto-texts.” Authors will include Jacobs, Wells, Hurston, Brooks, Angelou, Lorde, Williams, and Souljah; we will also read theoretical and critical studies exploring common and uncommon features of autobiographical writing. American, Diversity, Post-1900. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: G. Johns Prerequisites & Notes For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-level Courses.”
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