ENGL 550 (01) - Introduction to the Literature and Culture of Race

Intro to Lit and Cult of Race

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 16147

This course introduces students to readings across the field of ethnic literature and culture in order to form their capacity to speak and think critically about race relations in America. Readings will include those in race theory, racial construction and authenticity, histories of raced subjects in America, the rise of ethnic studies, white ignorance and whiteness studies, the intersectionality of race with gender, sexual orientation, economic class, religion, and faith. Includes Asian American, African American, Native, and Latino/a literature.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Inquiry (Discovery), Humanities(Disc)

Instructors: Monica Chiu

Times & Locations

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 240

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Detailed Description:

What is race? How does it matter and why? This course introduces students to very contemporary literature and media by and about ethnic Americans, specifically Black, Asian American, Native American, and Latinx subjects. What issues do the characters in these works face? What do their challenges mean for us? Novels, poems, essays, graphic narrative, pop culture, film. Possible texts include Orange’s Vanishing Stars; Ward’s Let Us Descend; selections from Castillo’s How to Read Now: Essays; selected poems by Ocean Vuong and Tayi Tibble; one graphic narrative. Students also will use materials in the UNH archive to research and write about race and UNH, past and present.

This course satisfies the Race, Gender & Postcolonial Studies requirement for English Majors.

This cousre satisfies the Race & Racial Theories requirement for English Literature, English: TBD, English/Journalism, English/Law 3+3, English Teaching Majors.

Booklist

Book	Details
GOOD TALK:MEMOIR IN CONVERSATIONS (19) by JACOB Required	ISBN 978039958906 5 PUBLISHER PENG RAND
WRITING ESSAYS ABOUT LITERATURE (2ND 21) by ACHESON Required	ISBN 978155481551 7 PUBLISHER BROADVIEW
CONSEQUENCES (22) by MUNOZ Required	ISBN 978164445206 6 PUBLISHER MAC HIGHER
YELLOWFACE (23) by KUANG Required	ISBN 978006325083 3 PUBLISHER HARP PUB

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