Introduction to Contemporary Multiethnic Literatures in the United States

Three credits · Undergraduate

This course will provide students with an introduction to contemporary African American, Asian American, Native American and Indigenous, and Latino/a literatures in the U.S. The course will frame the literary material with examinations of current debates (and their historical antecedents) regarding race, racism, race and culture, and the politics of multiethnic literatures, and race in the age of neoliberal diversity management and multiculturalism. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 111 or equivalent. Three credits.