Reading and Writing Seminar: Insiders/Outsiders

Undergraduate credit

This course explores the human condition and what it means to belong to or be excluded from specifically identified groups in the past and present. Using literary examples from contemporary culture and politics as well as print, video and online texts that span the recent century, students are asked to respond in writing to various cultural topics. Reading and writing about both real and fictional characters allows students to explore the ways race, ethnicity and community are created and understood.