ENG 374 - Major Themes in American Ethnic Literature

ENG 112 or EHS 120 or equivalent. (3) H, US

Representative ethnic authors from various genres critically examined in the contexts of multicultural themes. Examples include rites of passage, nationalism and the American Dream, stereotypes and reversal of stereotypes, folklore and its literary applications, sexual attitudes and sex roles, and the image of ancestors. May be used to satisfy general education or BA distribution requirements, but not both. Graded ABCDE.