ENG 220 Literature of American Minorities
Features a selection of works by writers from ethnic minority cultures within the United States. Explores the works of cultures generally not well-represented in traditional literature courses The views from these cultures often are in contrast to the more familiar representations of mainstream literature. Includes works which reflect historical and cultural examples of discrimination and difference across society. Examines how humans have dealt with this discrimination and how these cultures enrich the patterns of the American experience despite their experiences as minorities. Recommended: College-level reading; WR 121 English Composition; and ENG 104 Literature Fiction or ENG 106 Literature: Poetry is strongly recommended for success in this course.
Notes
Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course
General Education Requirements
AAS Human Relations, AS Liberal Arts Core 2, AS Difference, Power & Discrim, AGS Humanities/Arts, AAOT Arts & Letters, Cultural Literacy AAOT/AAS
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Critically read, analyze, and interpret the literature of American minority writers. Explain how difference is socially constructed. Using historical and contemporary examples, describe how perceived differences, combined with unequal distribution of power across economic, social, and political institutions, result in discrimination. Analyze ways in which the interactions of social categories, such as race, ethnicity, social class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and age, are related to difference, power, and discrimination in the United States. Identify and analyze complex practices, values, and beliefs, and culturally and historically defined meanings of difference.