Spring 2025 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (53883)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53883/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2025 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54591)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East Bank
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54591/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2025 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54592)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East Bank
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54592/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2025 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54593)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East Bank
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54593/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2025 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54594)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East Bank
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54594/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2025 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54595)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East Bank
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54595/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2025 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54596)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East Bank
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54596/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2025 | ENGL 1301W Section 008: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (55113)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2025 - 05/05/2025Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55113/1253
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18195)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
Details
Our course is an 8-week summer session course that begins on June 12 and concludes on August 4, 2017. This is a 4-credit, writing intensive course that fulfills the writing requirement, the literature core requirement, and the diversity and social justice in the US requirement. We meet three times a week for roughly three hours every session. *** NOTE: Room change *** We will meet in Mechanical Engineering, Room 102 (the building next to Lind Hall). Mechanical Engineering is quite close to the Coffman train/bus stop, is fully accessible with elevators, and has central air-conditioning.
Due to the accelerated pace of this course, time will be provided in-class to work on projects such as the group presentation, and there will be at least one in-class work day in which students will be able to use class time to work on papers or get ahead on readings.
Overview
Our course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana, and Jewish American writers, chiefly from the 20th century, ranging from Nobel- and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past--"how history works itself out in the living," as author Louise Erdrich has phrased it. In the course of our discussions, we will engage with contemporary genres/modes of writing, including traditional literary fiction, poetry, plays, spy and detective fiction, speculative fiction, and the graphic novel.
RequirementsYou will be required to read four novels (three shorter novels and one longer novel), one play, and one graphic novel outside of class. During class time, we will read short stories and poems, as well as watch three films and several interviews. Class sessions will also include lectures, discussion, quizzes, freewriting, and other short writing assignments. Weather permitting, we may take a field trip to a local museum or conduct class outside occasionally.
Because this course is writing-intensive, we will also spend considerable time reading, drafting, discussing, and revising papers, which will largely take place during in-class workshops and conferences. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and basic critical approaches will be covered. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, perspective, metaphor, and imagery.Assignments
three informal 1-2 page response papers on our readings
two formal papers (each paper will be preceded by a paper proposal and a draft of the paper, which you will workshop in-class)
one 20-minute presentation on the assigned readings for that day, to be prepared with a partner or small group
3 quizzes on literary terminology, critical approaches, and reading comprehension
in-class writing and reading comprehension exercises, individually and in small groups
Required Texts
The texts below are required for class. They may be purchased from the University Bookstore or through other means, such as Amazon.com. All other readings will be read in class and will be provided as pdfs on the course website.
American Born Chinese. Gene Luen Yang. 2006. ISBN-13:978-0312384487. Graphic novel.
Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of Hennepin Strip. Neal Karlen. 2013. ISBN-13: 978-0873519328. Novel.
Ceremony. Leslie Marmon Silko. 1977. ISBN-13:978-0143104919. Novel.
Kindred. Octavia E. Butler. 1979. ISBN-13: 978-0807083697. Novel.
Native Speaker. Chang-rae Lee. 1995. ISBN-13:978-1573225311. Novel.
Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction. Ed. Grace L. Dillon. 2012. ISBN-13: 978-0816529827. Anthology of short stories.
Zoot Suit and Other Plays. Luis Valdez. Perf. 1979. Reprinted 1992. ISBN-13: 978-1558850484. Collection of plays.
OPTIONAL
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction. Eds. Lex Williford and Michael Martone. ISBN-13: 978-1416532279. Anthology of short stories.- Grading:
10% Participation (class discussion, workshops, conferences)
10% Attendance (arriving late will lower your grade; see attendance policy)
10% Discussion Leading (group grade: 5%; individual grade: 5%). Each group will be given a chance to plan a short lecture and lead a discussion. Group presentations will be prepared in class so that you will not have to spend extra time outside the classroom.5% Quizzes (reading comprehension, literary terminology, critical approaches)
15% Informal response papers (5% each x 3); 1.5 to 2 pages in length, double-spaced10% Paper Drafts and Paper Proposals
15% Paper 1. This paper should be 3 to 4 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-pt font.25% Paper 2. This paper should be 5 to 6 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-pt font
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Class Format:
In-person on East Bank campus three times a week for three hours.
- Workload:
- This course involves a moderate reading workload. Due to the accelerated pace, some time will be provided in class for reading/writing/group presentation work. There is a considerable amount of writing; however, all major assignments will be workshopped in class before they are graded and ample time and feedback will be given to complete the writing assignments successfully.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18195/1249
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jodel002_ENGL1301W_Summer2017.pdf (Summer 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 June 2017
Fall 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20703)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East Bank
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20703/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20704)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 215
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20704/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20705)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 215
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20705/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20706)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 211
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20706/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20707)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 335
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20707/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20702)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Wed 10:10AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 335
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20702/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 008: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (21347)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 313
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21347/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Summer 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (82219)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Mode
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/03/2024 - 07/26/2024Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82219/1245
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54397)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 275
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (150 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54397/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (64942)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 314
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64942/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (64943)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Wed 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 314
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64943/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (64944)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 327
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64944/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (64945)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Wed 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 327
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64945/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (64946)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Mon 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 227
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64946/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (64947)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Wed 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 227
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/64947/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2024 | ENGL 1301W Section 008: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (67767)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2024 - 04/29/2024Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankAppleby Hall 319
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (16 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67767/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18556)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankWilley Hall 125
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (150 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18556/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (32076)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 311
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32076/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (32077)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Wed 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 311
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32077/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (32078)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 345
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32078/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (32079)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Wed 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 317
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32079/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (32080)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 317
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32080/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (32075)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Wed 11:15AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 313
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32075/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 008: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (34686)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankArmory Building 116
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34686/1239
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Summer 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (82497)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Mode
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/05/2023 - 07/28/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
Details
Our course is an 8-week summer session course that begins on June 12 and concludes on August 4, 2017. This is a 4-credit, writing intensive course that fulfills the writing requirement, the literature core requirement, and the diversity and social justice in the US requirement. We meet three times a week for roughly three hours every session. *** NOTE: Room change *** We will meet in Mechanical Engineering, Room 102 (the building next to Lind Hall). Mechanical Engineering is quite close to the Coffman train/bus stop, is fully accessible with elevators, and has central air-conditioning.
Due to the accelerated pace of this course, time will be provided in-class to work on projects such as the group presentation, and there will be at least one in-class work day in which students will be able to use class time to work on papers or get ahead on readings.
Overview
Our course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana, and Jewish American writers, chiefly from the 20th century, ranging from Nobel- and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past--"how history works itself out in the living," as author Louise Erdrich has phrased it. In the course of our discussions, we will engage with contemporary genres/modes of writing, including traditional literary fiction, poetry, plays, spy and detective fiction, speculative fiction, and the graphic novel.
RequirementsYou will be required to read four novels (three shorter novels and one longer novel), one play, and one graphic novel outside of class. During class time, we will read short stories and poems, as well as watch three films and several interviews. Class sessions will also include lectures, discussion, quizzes, freewriting, and other short writing assignments. Weather permitting, we may take a field trip to a local museum or conduct class outside occasionally.
Because this course is writing-intensive, we will also spend considerable time reading, drafting, discussing, and revising papers, which will largely take place during in-class workshops and conferences. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and basic critical approaches will be covered. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, perspective, metaphor, and imagery.Assignments
three informal 1-2 page response papers on our readings
two formal papers (each paper will be preceded by a paper proposal and a draft of the paper, which you will workshop in-class)
one 20-minute presentation on the assigned readings for that day, to be prepared with a partner or small group
3 quizzes on literary terminology, critical approaches, and reading comprehension
in-class writing and reading comprehension exercises, individually and in small groups
Required Texts
The texts below are required for class. They may be purchased from the University Bookstore or through other means, such as Amazon.com. All other readings will be read in class and will be provided as pdfs on the course website.
American Born Chinese. Gene Luen Yang. 2006. ISBN-13:978-0312384487. Graphic novel.
Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of Hennepin Strip. Neal Karlen. 2013. ISBN-13: 978-0873519328. Novel.
Ceremony. Leslie Marmon Silko. 1977. ISBN-13:978-0143104919. Novel.
Kindred. Octavia E. Butler. 1979. ISBN-13: 978-0807083697. Novel.
Native Speaker. Chang-rae Lee. 1995. ISBN-13:978-1573225311. Novel.
Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction. Ed. Grace L. Dillon. 2012. ISBN-13: 978-0816529827. Anthology of short stories.
Zoot Suit and Other Plays. Luis Valdez. Perf. 1979. Reprinted 1992. ISBN-13: 978-1558850484. Collection of plays.
OPTIONAL
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction. Eds. Lex Williford and Michael Martone. ISBN-13: 978-1416532279. Anthology of short stories.- Grading:
10% Participation (class discussion, workshops, conferences)
10% Attendance (arriving late will lower your grade; see attendance policy)
10% Discussion Leading (group grade: 5%; individual grade: 5%). Each group will be given a chance to plan a short lecture and lead a discussion. Group presentations will be prepared in class so that you will not have to spend extra time outside the classroom.5% Quizzes (reading comprehension, literary terminology, critical approaches)
15% Informal response papers (5% each x 3); 1.5 to 2 pages in length, double-spaced10% Paper Drafts and Paper Proposals
15% Paper 1. This paper should be 3 to 4 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-pt font.25% Paper 2. This paper should be 5 to 6 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-pt font
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Class Format:
In-person on East Bank campus three times a week for three hours.
- Workload:
- This course involves a moderate reading workload. Due to the accelerated pace, some time will be provided in class for reading/writing/group presentation work. There is a considerable amount of writing; however, all major assignments will be workshopped in class before they are graded and ample time and feedback will be given to complete the writing assignments successfully.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82497/1235
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jodel002_ENGL1301W_Summer2017.pdf (Summer 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 June 2017
Summer 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (87628)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Mode
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/05/2023 - 07/28/2023Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87628/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (55084)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankAppleby Hall 223
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55084/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (53972)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 211
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53972/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (55211)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery ModeFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Wed, Fri 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankAppleby Hall 223
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55211/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (53860)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 315
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53860/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (55085)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 412
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Learning Objectives:
- EngL 1301W satisfies the Literature Core requirementEngL 1301W introduces students to the cultural, historical, and social legacies of racial oppression in the United States. It considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and the nation. Through essay writing, conversation, and examinations, students do the work of engaging closely and directly with works of literature. EngL 1301W thus satisfies the Literature Core requirement in three specific ways. First, it focuses on analysis of written works of literature. Students study the meanings of a wide range of biographies, stories, essays, poems, and novels. Second, the course pays particular attention to the formal dimensions of literature. Finally, students examine the cultural, historical, and social contexts of literary works as well as their content.EngL 1301W satisfies the Diversity and Social Justice in the US ThemeEngL 1301W explores issues of power and the American identity throughout the semester. Students focus upon the institution of slavery as the primary example of how social power, prestige and privilege came to be in the hands of one people. More broadly, the course explores the history of institutions and race as they impact each other and as racial identity informs literary genres, forms, styles, and practices. EngL 1301W raises students' awareness of the importance of diversity to the advancement of African-Americans as well as other diverse constituents of the US.EngL 1301W fulfills Student Learning Outcomes.Students in EngL 1301W learn how creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression become acts of resistance against racialized identities in America. In this course, students learn to identify and counteract these identities, a skill that will serve them throughout their entire lives. They also learn to engage the many diverse philosophies and cultures that together compose the intricate fabric of American culture and society.EngL 1301W is a Writing Intensive course.This course meets the Council on Liberal Education guidelines for a Writing Intensive course. This means that the course:⢠integrates writing into course content, through writing assignments that work toward specific course objectives and writing activities that take place throughout the semester⢠provides explicit instruction in writing⢠requires a cumulative minimum of 2,500 words of formal writing apart from any informal writing activities and assignments⢠includes at least one formal assignment that requires students to revise and resubmit drafts after receiving feedback from the course instructor⢠requires that at least one-third of each student's final course grade must be tied to the written work done in the course and that a student cannot pass the course and fail the writing component
- Grading:
- Essays: 40%Drafts: 10 %Quizzes: 20 %Test: 10%Attendance: 10 %Participation: 10 %
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Class Format:
- Lecture meets twice weekly; discussion sections meet once weekly.
- Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Two formal papers of five pages each, with five-page drafts of both. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55085/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2023 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (67352)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023Tue, Thu 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East BankVincent Hall 213
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67352/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (19139)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Mode
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19139/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18935)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East BankKolthoff Hall 140
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18935/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (19141)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Wed, Fri 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 355
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19141/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18936)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankKolthoff Hall 140
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18936/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (19140)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 315
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Learning Objectives:
- EngL 1301W satisfies the Literature Core requirementEngL 1301W introduces students to the cultural, historical, and social legacies of racial oppression in the United States. It considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and the nation. Through essay writing, conversation, and examinations, students do the work of engaging closely and directly with works of literature. EngL 1301W thus satisfies the Literature Core requirement in three specific ways. First, it focuses on analysis of written works of literature. Students study the meanings of a wide range of biographies, stories, essays, poems, and novels. Second, the course pays particular attention to the formal dimensions of literature. Finally, students examine the cultural, historical, and social contexts of literary works as well as their content.EngL 1301W satisfies the Diversity and Social Justice in the US ThemeEngL 1301W explores issues of power and the American identity throughout the semester. Students focus upon the institution of slavery as the primary example of how social power, prestige and privilege came to be in the hands of one people. More broadly, the course explores the history of institutions and race as they impact each other and as racial identity informs literary genres, forms, styles, and practices. EngL 1301W raises students' awareness of the importance of diversity to the advancement of African-Americans as well as other diverse constituents of the US.EngL 1301W fulfills Student Learning Outcomes.Students in EngL 1301W learn how creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression become acts of resistance against racialized identities in America. In this course, students learn to identify and counteract these identities, a skill that will serve them throughout their entire lives. They also learn to engage the many diverse philosophies and cultures that together compose the intricate fabric of American culture and society.EngL 1301W is a Writing Intensive course.This course meets the Council on Liberal Education guidelines for a Writing Intensive course. This means that the course:⢠integrates writing into course content, through writing assignments that work toward specific course objectives and writing activities that take place throughout the semester⢠provides explicit instruction in writing⢠requires a cumulative minimum of 2,500 words of formal writing apart from any informal writing activities and assignments⢠includes at least one formal assignment that requires students to revise and resubmit drafts after receiving feedback from the course instructor⢠requires that at least one-third of each student's final course grade must be tied to the written work done in the course and that a student cannot pass the course and fail the writing component
- Grading:
- Essays: 40%Drafts: 10 %Quizzes: 20 %Test: 10%Attendance: 10 %Participation: 10 %
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Class Format:
- Lecture meets twice weekly; discussion sections meet once weekly.
- Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Two formal papers of five pages each, with five-page drafts of both. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19140/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Summer 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (86632)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Mode
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/06/2022 - 07/29/2022Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/86632/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54895)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 215
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54895/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (55043)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 211
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55043/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (55399)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Mon, Wed 01:25PM - 03:20PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (27 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55399/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (65689)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (27 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65689/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (65690)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 123
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65690/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2022 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (66223)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022Tue, Thu 01:25PM - 03:20PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 315
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66223/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20120)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (150 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Learning Objectives:
- EngL 1301W satisfies the Literature Core requirementEngL 1301W introduces students to the cultural, historical, and social legacies of racial oppression in the United States. It considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and the nation. Through essay writing, conversation, and examinations, students do the work of engaging closely and directly with works of literature. EngL 1301W thus satisfies the Literature Core requirement in three specific ways. First, it focuses on analysis of written works of literature. Students study the meanings of a wide range of biographies, stories, essays, poems, and novels. Second, the course pays particular attention to the formal dimensions of literature. Finally, students examine the cultural, historical, and social contexts of literary works as well as their content.EngL 1301W satisfies the Diversity and Social Justice in the US ThemeEngL 1301W explores issues of power and the American identity throughout the semester. Students focus upon the institution of slavery as the primary example of how social power, prestige and privilege came to be in the hands of one people. More broadly, the course explores the history of institutions and race as they impact each other and as racial identity informs literary genres, forms, styles, and practices. EngL 1301W raises students' awareness of the importance of diversity to the advancement of African-Americans as well as other diverse constituents of the US.EngL 1301W fulfills Student Learning Outcomes.Students in EngL 1301W learn how creativity, innovation, discovery, and expression become acts of resistance against racialized identities in America. In this course, students learn to identify and counteract these identities, a skill that will serve them throughout their entire lives. They also learn to engage the many diverse philosophies and cultures that together compose the intricate fabric of American culture and society.EngL 1301W is a Writing Intensive course.This course meets the Council on Liberal Education guidelines for a Writing Intensive course. This means that the course:⢠integrates writing into course content, through writing assignments that work toward specific course objectives and writing activities that take place throughout the semester⢠provides explicit instruction in writing⢠requires a cumulative minimum of 2,500 words of formal writing apart from any informal writing activities and assignments⢠includes at least one formal assignment that requires students to revise and resubmit drafts after receiving feedback from the course instructor⢠requires that at least one-third of each student's final course grade must be tied to the written work done in the course and that a student cannot pass the course and fail the writing component
- Grading:
- Essays: 40%Drafts: 10 %Quizzes: 20 %Test: 10%Attendance: 10 %Participation: 10 %
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Class Format:
- Lecture meets twice weekly; discussion sections meet once weekly.
- Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Two formal papers of five pages each, with five-page drafts of both. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20120/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20121)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 120
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20121/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20122)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 120
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20122/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20361)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 115
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20361/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20362)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 115
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20362/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20363)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 311
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20363/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20643)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankPillsbury Hall 311
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20643/1219
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (50908)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online. The synchronous element of this class will be optional: students will have the choice either to participate in the synchronous class session on Zoom or to respond to an asynchronous discussion thread on Canvas.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50908/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (51061)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (27 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
This course will provide a historical survey of twentieth- and twenty-first-century fiction and poetry written mainly by American authors who do not belong to the historically dominant or majority races, ethnicities, religions, and/or cultures of the United States. We will ask questions such as the following: What is the relationship between culture (defined broadly as the set of practices and attitudes that characterize a group of people) and creative writing? How do racial oppression, political activism, religious conflict, economic exploitation, international relations, and other social facts shape works of art - and vice versa? What are the obligations of writers toward the marginalized or oppressed cultures to which they may belong? What are the obligations toward those writers of readers who do not share their culture? Is "culture" a synonym for race and ethnicity or can it encompass other identities - gender, sexuality, class, religion? What is multiculturalism and how does it transform concepts like literature or the nation? Finally, how has imaginative writing itself changed across the many artistic and political movements spanning the period from early twentieth-century modernism to contemporary world literature? As this course is also an introduction to literature more generally, we will pay careful attention to literary form and literary history; as this is a writing-intensive course, we will focus on responding to literature in written argument.
We will likely read novels by Nella Larsen, Richard E. Kim, Philip Roth, Louise Erdrich, and Valeria Luiselli, and poetry by Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Frank O'Hara, Anthony Hecht, Adrienne Rich, Amiri Baraka, Paula Gunn Allen, Yusef Komunyakaa, Garrett Hongo, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Marilyn Chin, and more.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone who wants to read a diverse selection of modern and contemporary American literature and learn more about the diversity of American culture.
- Grading:
- Grading will be based on regular written responses to the material and a midterm and final essay.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51061/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 October 2020
Spring 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (51499)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year RegistrationOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51499/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (66520)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Off CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
This course will provide a historical survey of twentieth- and twenty-first-century fiction and poetry written mainly by American authors who do not belong to the historically dominant or majority races, ethnicities, religions, and/or cultures of the United States. We will ask questions such as the following: What is the relationship between culture (defined broadly as the set of practices and attitudes that characterize a group of people) and creative writing? How do racial oppression, political activism, religious conflict, economic exploitation, international relations, and other social facts shape works of art - and vice versa? What are the obligations of writers toward the marginalized or oppressed cultures to which they may belong? What are the obligations toward those writers of readers who do not share their culture? Is "culture" a synonym for race and ethnicity or can it encompass other identities - gender, sexuality, class, religion? What is multiculturalism and how does it transform concepts like literature or the nation? Finally, how has imaginative writing itself changed across the many artistic and political movements spanning the period from early twentieth-century modernism to contemporary world literature? As this course is also an introduction to literature more generally, we will pay careful attention to literary form and literary history; as this is a writing-intensive course, we will focus on responding to literature in written argument.
We will likely read novels by Nella Larsen, Richard E. Kim, Philip Roth, Louise Erdrich, and Valeria Luiselli, and poetry by Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Frank O'Hara, Anthony Hecht, Adrienne Rich, Amiri Baraka, Paula Gunn Allen, Yusef Komunyakaa, Garrett Hongo, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Marilyn Chin, and more.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone who wants to read a diverse selection of modern and contemporary American literature and learn more about the diversity of American culture.
- Grading:
- Grading will be based on regular written responses to the material and a midterm and final essay.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66520/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 17 October 2020
Spring 2021 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (68588)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Mode
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68588/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2020 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (14792)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (125 of 125 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
This course will provide a historical survey of twentieth- and twenty-first-century fiction and poetry written mainly by American authors who do not belong to the historically dominant or majority races, ethnicities, religions, and/or cultures of the United States. We will ask questions such as the following: What is the relationship between culture (defined broadly as the set of practices and attitudes that characterize a group of people) and creative writing? How do racial oppression, political activism, religious conflict, economic exploitation, international relations, and other social facts shape works of art - and vice versa? What are the obligations of writers toward the marginalized or oppressed cultures to which they may belong? What are the obligations toward those writers of readers who do not share their culture? Is "culture" a synonym for race and ethnicity or can it encompass other identities - gender, sexuality, class, religion? What is multiculturalism and how does it transform concepts like literature or the nation? Finally, how has imaginative writing itself changed across the many artistic and political movements spanning the period from early twentieth-century modernism to contemporary world literature? As this course is also an introduction to literature more generally, we will pay careful attention to literary form and literary history; as this is a writing-intensive course, we will focus on responding to literature in written argument.
We will likely read novels by Nella Larsen, Richard E. Kim, Philip Roth, Louise Erdrich, and Valeria Luiselli, and poetry by Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Frank O'Hara, Anthony Hecht, Adrienne Rich, Amiri Baraka, Paula Gunn Allen, Yusef Komunyakaa, Garrett Hongo, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Marilyn Chin, and more.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone who wants to read a diverse selection of modern and contemporary American literature and learn more about the diversity of American culture.
- Grading:
- Grading will be based on two essays, a midterm and final exam, and participation/attendance.
- Exam Format:
- Midterm and final exam, consisting of short answer and passage identification questions
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14792/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2020
Fall 2020 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (14793)
- Instructor(s)
- Thomas Forrest (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14793/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2020 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (14794)
- Instructor(s)
- Thomas Forrest (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14794/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2020 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15034)
- Instructor(s)
- Youngbin Hyeon (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15034/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2020 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15035)
- Instructor(s)
- Youngbin Hyeon (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15035/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2020 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15036)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementOnline Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
Details
Our course is an 8-week summer session course that begins on June 12 and concludes on August 4, 2017. This is a 4-credit, writing intensive course that fulfills the writing requirement, the literature core requirement, and the diversity and social justice in the US requirement. We meet three times a week for roughly three hours every session. *** NOTE: Room change *** We will meet in Mechanical Engineering, Room 102 (the building next to Lind Hall). Mechanical Engineering is quite close to the Coffman train/bus stop, is fully accessible with elevators, and has central air-conditioning.
Due to the accelerated pace of this course, time will be provided in-class to work on projects such as the group presentation, and there will be at least one in-class work day in which students will be able to use class time to work on papers or get ahead on readings.
Overview
Our course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana, and Jewish American writers, chiefly from the 20th century, ranging from Nobel- and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past--"how history works itself out in the living," as author Louise Erdrich has phrased it. In the course of our discussions, we will engage with contemporary genres/modes of writing, including traditional literary fiction, poetry, plays, spy and detective fiction, speculative fiction, and the graphic novel.
RequirementsYou will be required to read four novels (three shorter novels and one longer novel), one play, and one graphic novel outside of class. During class time, we will read short stories and poems, as well as watch three films and several interviews. Class sessions will also include lectures, discussion, quizzes, freewriting, and other short writing assignments. Weather permitting, we may take a field trip to a local museum or conduct class outside occasionally.
Because this course is writing-intensive, we will also spend considerable time reading, drafting, discussing, and revising papers, which will largely take place during in-class workshops and conferences. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and basic critical approaches will be covered. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, perspective, metaphor, and imagery.Assignments
three informal 1-2 page response papers on our readings
two formal papers (each paper will be preceded by a paper proposal and a draft of the paper, which you will workshop in-class)
one 20-minute presentation on the assigned readings for that day, to be prepared with a partner or small group
3 quizzes on literary terminology, critical approaches, and reading comprehension
in-class writing and reading comprehension exercises, individually and in small groups
Required Texts
The texts below are required for class. They may be purchased from the University Bookstore or through other means, such as Amazon.com. All other readings will be read in class and will be provided as pdfs on the course website.
American Born Chinese. Gene Luen Yang. 2006. ISBN-13:978-0312384487. Graphic novel.
Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of Hennepin Strip. Neal Karlen. 2013. ISBN-13: 978-0873519328. Novel.
Ceremony. Leslie Marmon Silko. 1977. ISBN-13:978-0143104919. Novel.
Kindred. Octavia E. Butler. 1979. ISBN-13: 978-0807083697. Novel.
Native Speaker. Chang-rae Lee. 1995. ISBN-13:978-1573225311. Novel.
Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction. Ed. Grace L. Dillon. 2012. ISBN-13: 978-0816529827. Anthology of short stories.
Zoot Suit and Other Plays. Luis Valdez. Perf. 1979. Reprinted 1992. ISBN-13: 978-1558850484. Collection of plays.
OPTIONAL
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction. Eds. Lex Williford and Michael Martone. ISBN-13: 978-1416532279. Anthology of short stories.- Grading:
10% Participation (class discussion, workshops, conferences)
10% Attendance (arriving late will lower your grade; see attendance policy)
10% Discussion Leading (group grade: 5%; individual grade: 5%). Each group will be given a chance to plan a short lecture and lead a discussion. Group presentations will be prepared in class so that you will not have to spend extra time outside the classroom.5% Quizzes (reading comprehension, literary terminology, critical approaches)
15% Informal response papers (5% each x 3); 1.5 to 2 pages in length, double-spaced10% Paper Drafts and Paper Proposals
15% Paper 1. This paper should be 3 to 4 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-pt font.25% Paper 2. This paper should be 5 to 6 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-pt font
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Class Format:
In-person on East Bank campus three times a week for three hours.
- Workload:
- This course involves a moderate reading workload. Due to the accelerated pace, some time will be provided in class for reading/writing/group presentation work. There is a considerable amount of writing; however, all major assignments will be workshopped in class before they are graded and ample time and feedback will be given to complete the writing assignments successfully.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15036/1209
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jodel002_ENGL1301W_Summer2017.pdf (Summer 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 June 2017
Spring 2020 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54590)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 229
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54590/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2020 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54762)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 229
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54762/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2020 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (55362)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020Tue, Thu 05:00PM - 06:55PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 217
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (22 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55362/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2019 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18165)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankRapson Hall 100
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (150 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
This course will provide a historical survey of twentieth- and twenty-first-century fiction and poetry written mainly by American authors who do not belong to the dominant or majority races, ethnicities, religions, and/or cultures of the United States. We will investigate questions such as the following: What is the relationship between culture (defined broadly as the set of practices and attitudes that characterize a group of people) and creative writing? How do racial oppression, political activism, religious conflict, economic exploitation, and other social facts shape works of art - and vice versa? What are the obligations of writers toward the marginalized or oppressed cultures to which they may belong? What are the obligations toward those writers of readers who do not share their culture? Is "culture" a synonym for race and ethnicity or can it encompass other identities - gender, sexuality, class, religion? What is multiculturalism and what is its effect on concepts like literature or the nation? Finally, how has literature itself changed across the many artistic and political movements spanning the period from early twentieth-century modernism to contemporary world literature? As this course is also an introduction to literature more generally, we will pay careful attention to literary form and literary history; as this is a writing-intensive course, we will focus on responding to literature in written argument.
Likely authors: Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, Nella Larsen, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Frank O'Hara, Anthony Hecht, Richard E. Kim, Adrienne Rich, Amiri Baraka, Philip Roth, Paula Gunn Allen, Yusef Komunyakaa, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Marilyn Chin, Louise Erdrich, Toni Morrison, David Treuer, Valeria Luiselli, and more.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone who wants to read a diverse selection of modern and contemporary American literature and learn more about the diversity of American culture.
- Grading:
- Grading will be based on two essays, a midterm and final exam, and participation/attendance.
- Exam Format:
- Midterm and final exam, consisting of short answer and passage identification questions
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18165/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2018
Fall 2019 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18166)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 116
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18166/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2019 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18167)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 116
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18167/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2019 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18433)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 156
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18433/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2019 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18434)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 156
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18434/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2019 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18435)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankVincent Hall 206
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (26 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18435/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2019 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18729)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankVincent Hall 206
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18729/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2019 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (54866)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 215
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54866/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2019 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (55246)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankScience Teaching Student Svcs 144
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55246/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2019 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (66306)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019Tue, Thu 06:00PM - 07:55PMUMTC, East BankKolthoff Hall 133
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66306/1193
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2018 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18464)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankFraser Hall 101
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (149 of 150 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cihla002+ENGL1301W+Fall2017
- Class Description:
This course will provide a historical survey of twentieth- and twenty-first-century fiction and poetry written mainly by American authors who do not belong to the dominant or majority races, ethnicities, religions, and/or cultures of the United States. We will investigate questions such as the following: What is the relationship between culture (defined broadly as the set of practices and attitudes that characterize a group of people) and creative writing? How do racial oppression, political activism, religious conflict, economic exploitation, and other social facts shape works of art - and vice versa? What are the obligations of writers toward the marginalized or oppressed cultures to which they may belong? What are the obligations toward those writers of readers who do not share their culture? Is "culture" a synonym for race and ethnicity or can it encompass other identities - gender, sexuality, class, religion? What is multiculturalism and what is its effect on concepts like literature or the nation? Finally, how has literature itself changed across the many artistic and political movements spanning the period from early twentieth-century modernism to contemporary world literature? As this course is also an introduction to literature more generally, we will pay careful attention to literary form and literary history; as this is a writing-intensive course, we will focus on responding to literature in written argument.
Likely authors: Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, Nella Larsen, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Frank O'Hara, Anthony Hecht, Richard E. Kim, Adrienne Rich, Amiri Baraka, Philip Roth, Paula Gunn Allen, Yusef Komunyakaa, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Marilyn Chin, Louise Erdrich, Toni Morrison, David Treuer, Valeria Luiselli, and more.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone who wants to read a diverse selection of modern and contemporary American literature and learn more about the diversity of American culture.
- Grading:
- Grading will be based on two essays, a midterm and final exam, and participation/attendance.
- Exam Format:
- Midterm and final exam, consisting of short answer and passage identification questions
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18464/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2018
Fall 2018 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18465)
- Instructor(s)
- Delaney FitzPatrick (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankScience Teaching Student Svcs 117
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18465/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2018 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18466)
- Instructor(s)
- Delaney FitzPatrick (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 227
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (26 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18466/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2018 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18753)
- Instructor(s)
- Scott Nelson (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 340
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18753/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2018 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18754)
- Instructor(s)
- Scott Nelson (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 340
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18754/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2018 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18755)
- Instructor(s)
- Bomi Jeon (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 325
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18755/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2018 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (19057)
- Instructor(s)
- Bomi Jeon (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 325
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 25 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19057/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Spring 2018 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (51793)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 07:55PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 203
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (27 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cpexa+ENGL1301W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize - winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past.Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51793/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 September 2017
Spring 2018 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (52352)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankScience Teaching Student Svcs 117
- Enrollment Status:
- Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana writers, and/or Jewish American writers, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past. Because this course is Writing Intensive, we will spend considerable time drafting, discussing, and revising papers. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and relevant critical approaches will be discussed. As we tease out the meanings and methods of our texts, we'll also identify and analyze key literary devices.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?solxx001+ENGL1301W+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52352/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2017 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15416)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankFraser Hall 101
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cihla002+ENGL1301W+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Representative fiction and poetry by African American, American Indian, Asian American, Latin American, Jewish American, and other writers from modernism to contemporary world literature. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15416/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 May 2017
Fall 2017 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15417)
- Instructor(s)
- Katelin Krieg (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 162
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15417/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2017 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15418)
- Instructor(s)
- Katelin Krieg (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 162
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15418/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2017 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15717)
- Instructor(s)
- Bomi Yoon (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 158
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- This course will look into representative literary works by writers of multicultural backgrounds such as (but not limited to) African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chinana writers, chiefly from the 20th/21st centuries. We will discuss social/cultural factors that inform the making of multicultural America by investigating America's literary past and present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
30% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15717/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2017 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15718)
- Instructor(s)
- Bomi Yoon (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 327
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- This course will look into representative literary works by writers of multicultural backgrounds such as (but not limited to) African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chinana writers, chiefly from the 20th/21st centuries. We will discuss social/cultural factors that inform the making of multicultural America by investigating America's literary past and present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
30% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15718/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2017 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15719)
- Instructor(s)
- Katherine Ferraro (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 327
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15719/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Fall 2017 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (16035)
- Instructor(s)
- Katherine Ferraro (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16035/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
Summer 2017 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (82597)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/12/2017 - 08/04/2017Mon, Wed, Thu 09:05AM - 11:50AMUMTC, East BankMechanical Engineering 102
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jodel002+ENGL1301W+Summer2017
- Class Description:
Details
Our course is an 8-week summer session course that begins on June 12 and concludes on August 4, 2017. This is a 4-credit, writing intensive course that fulfills the writing requirement, the literature core requirement, and the diversity and social justice in the US requirement. We meet three times a week for roughly three hours every session. *** NOTE: Room change *** We will meet in Mechanical Engineering, Room 102 (the building next to Lind Hall). Mechanical Engineering is quite close to the Coffman train/bus stop, is fully accessible with elevators, and has central air-conditioning.
Due to the accelerated pace of this course, time will be provided in-class to work on projects such as the group presentation, and there will be at least one in-class work day in which students will be able to use class time to work on papers or get ahead on readings.
Overview
Our course will include representative works by American Indian, African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chicana, and Jewish American writers, chiefly from the 20th century, ranging from Nobel- and Pulitzer prize-winning masters to upcoming genre authors and debut authors. In reading these works, we will discuss social and cultural factors informing America's literary past and present. As these authors honor identity, celebrate community, and deal with the complexities of the modern age, they also explore America's shared and problematic past--"how history works itself out in the living," as author Louise Erdrich has phrased it. In the course of our discussions, we will engage with contemporary genres/modes of writing, including traditional literary fiction, poetry, plays, spy and detective fiction, speculative fiction, and the graphic novel.
RequirementsYou will be required to read four novels (three shorter novels and one longer novel), one play, and one graphic novel outside of class. During class time, we will read short stories and poems, as well as watch three films and several interviews. Class sessions will also include lectures, discussion, quizzes, freewriting, and other short writing assignments. Weather permitting, we may take a field trip to a local museum or conduct class outside occasionally.
Because this course is writing-intensive, we will also spend considerable time reading, drafting, discussing, and revising papers, which will largely take place during in-class workshops and conferences. Techniques for writing a paper, close reading strategies, and basic critical approaches will be covered. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, perspective, metaphor, and imagery.Assignments
three informal 1-2 page response papers on our readings
two formal papers (each paper will be preceded by a paper proposal and a draft of the paper, which you will workshop in-class)
one 20-minute presentation on the assigned readings for that day, to be prepared with a partner or small group
3 quizzes on literary terminology, critical approaches, and reading comprehension
in-class writing and reading comprehension exercises, individually and in small groups
Required Texts
The texts below are required for class. They may be purchased from the University Bookstore or through other means, such as Amazon.com. All other readings will be read in class and will be provided as pdfs on the course website.
American Born Chinese. Gene Luen Yang. 2006. ISBN-13:978-0312384487. Graphic novel.
Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of Hennepin Strip. Neal Karlen. 2013. ISBN-13: 978-0873519328. Novel.
Ceremony. Leslie Marmon Silko. 1977. ISBN-13:978-0143104919. Novel.
Kindred. Octavia E. Butler. 1979. ISBN-13: 978-0807083697. Novel.
Native Speaker. Chang-rae Lee. 1995. ISBN-13:978-1573225311. Novel.
Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction. Ed. Grace L. Dillon. 2012. ISBN-13: 978-0816529827. Anthology of short stories.
Zoot Suit and Other Plays. Luis Valdez. Perf. 1979. Reprinted 1992. ISBN-13: 978-1558850484. Collection of plays.
OPTIONAL
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction. Eds. Lex Williford and Michael Martone. ISBN-13: 978-1416532279. Anthology of short stories.- Grading:
10% Participation (class discussion, workshops, conferences)
10% Attendance (arriving late will lower your grade; see attendance policy)
10% Discussion Leading (group grade: 5%; individual grade: 5%). Each group will be given a chance to plan a short lecture and lead a discussion. Group presentations will be prepared in class so that you will not have to spend extra time outside the classroom.5% Quizzes (reading comprehension, literary terminology, critical approaches)
15% Informal response papers (5% each x 3); 1.5 to 2 pages in length, double-spaced10% Paper Drafts and Paper Proposals
15% Paper 1. This paper should be 3 to 4 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-pt font.25% Paper 2. This paper should be 5 to 6 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-pt font
- Exam Format:
- No final exam.
- Class Format:
In-person on East Bank campus three times a week for three hours.
- Workload:
- This course involves a moderate reading workload. Due to the accelerated pace, some time will be provided in class for reading/writing/group presentation work. There is a considerable amount of writing; however, all major assignments will be workshopped in class before they are graded and ample time and feedback will be given to complete the writing assignments successfully.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82597/1175
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jodel002_ENGL1301W_Summer2017.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 June 2017
Spring 2017 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (52825)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 07:55PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 315
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?spidahl+ENGL1301W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
- In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52825/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Spring 2017 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (67635)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 112
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mills175+ENGL1301W+Spring2017
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67635/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15732)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cihla002+ENGL1301W+Fall2016
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes
10% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities Lecture meets twice weekly; discussion sections meet once weekly. - Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Two formal papers of five pages each, with five-page drafts of both. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15732/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15733)
- Instructor(s)
- Yon Ji Sol (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 158
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15733/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (15734)
- Instructor(s)
- Yon Ji Sol (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankVincent Hall 207
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/15734/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (16058)
- Instructor(s)
- Benjamin Meyerson (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankVincent Hall 213
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16058/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (16059)
- Instructor(s)
- Benjamin Meyerson (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 158
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16059/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (16060)
- Instructor(s)
- Katherine Ferraro (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 162
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16060/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Fall 2016 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (16396)
- Instructor(s)
- Katherine Ferraro (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2016 - 12/14/2016Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 156
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16396/1169
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2016
Summer 2016 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (82594)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/13/2016 - 08/05/2016Mon, Wed, Thu 09:05AM - 11:50AMUMTC, East BankKolthoff Hall 139
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dingx237+ENGL1301W+Summer2016
- Class Description:
- With the advent of the Internet and increasingly expedient global transportation, our world is an increasingly "transnational" one. Today, what does it mean to be "American" in the backdrop of globalization? To answer this question, this course will investigate racial politics and the different strategies of self-expression employed by Asian Americans in works by Chang Rae-Lee, David Henry Hwang and Jhumpa Lahiri, to name a few. Analyzing these works will bring us closer to understanding the nature of citizenship and ethnic American subjecthood, as well as the ways recent immigrants and citizens negotiate complicated feelings of longing, belonging and at-home-ness in the US.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82594/1165
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 8 April 2016
Spring 2016 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (68307)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementFreshman Full Year Registration
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 07:55PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 340
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dingx237+ENGL1301W+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- With the advent of the Internet and increasingly expedient global transportation, our world is an increasingly "transnational" one. Today, what does it means to be "American" in the backdrop of globalization? To answer this question, this course will investigate the different strategies of self-expression employed by second-generation immigrant American writers like Chang Rae-Lee, David Henry Hwang and Jhumpa Lahiri. Analyzing these works will bring us closer to understanding the nature of citizenship and ethnic subjecthood, as well as the ways recent immigrants and citizens negotiate complicated feelings of longing, belonging and at-home-ness in their adoptive culture.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68307/1163
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 22 September 2015
Fall 2015 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (17075)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 155
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?cihla002+ENGL1301W+Fall2015
- Class Description:
In this course, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, weâll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes
10% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities Lecture meets twice weekly; discussion sections meet once weekly. - Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Two formal papers of five pages each, with five-page drafts of both. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17075/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2015
Fall 2015 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (17076)
- Instructor(s)
- Kristin Collier (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 229
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17076/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2015
Fall 2015 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (17077)
- Instructor(s)
- Kristin Collier (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 229
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17077/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2015
Fall 2015 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18315)
- Instructor(s)
- Miriam Karraker (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 203
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18315/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2015
Fall 2015 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18316)
- Instructor(s)
- Miriam Karraker (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 203
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18316/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2015
Fall 2015 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (18317)
- Instructor(s)
- Hannah Riddle (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 217
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18317/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2015
Fall 2015 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (19615)
- Instructor(s)
- Hannah Riddle (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 217
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19615/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 May 2015
Summer 2015 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (80718)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/15/2015 - 08/07/2015Mon, Wed, Thu 09:05AM - 11:50AMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 124
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States, we will read a carefully curated selection of work by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. As we tease out the specific meanings and methods of each work through close reading and focused textual analysis, we'll also identify, define, and analyze such elements of literature tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/80718/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 February 2015
Spring 2015 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (68878)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/20/2015 - 05/08/2015Mon, Wed 06:00PM - 07:55PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 104
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68878/1153
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2014 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (17694)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankFraser Hall 102
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States we will read prose and poetry by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. Our books will include THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Diaz, THE NAMESAKE by Jhumpa Lahiri, YELLOW FACE by David Henry Hwang, LIFE ON MARS by Tracy K. Smith, and more. As we examine the specific meanings and methods of each work, we will also identify such elements as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor. ENGL 1301W is a writing intensive class, which means that we will write drafts and revise before turning in final copies of our two formal papers, each five pages long. This four credit class includes a twice-weekly lecture and a once-a-week discussion section.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes
10% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities Lecture meets twice weekly; discussion sections meet once weekly. - Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Two formal papers of five pages each, with five-page drafts of both. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17694/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 January 2014
Fall 2014 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (17695)
- Instructor(s)
- Megan Gette (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 156
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17695/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2014 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (17696)
- Instructor(s)
- Megan Gette (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAmundson Hall 156
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17696/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2014 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (19143)
- Instructor(s)
- Wei Hsu (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 229
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19143/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2014 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (19144)
- Instructor(s)
- Wei Hsu (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 229
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19144/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2014 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (19145)
- Instructor(s)
- Abhay Doshi (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 203
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19145/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2014 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (20604)
- Instructor(s)
- Davu Underwood Seru (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 203
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20604/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Summer 2014 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (81489)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture Workaround
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/16/2014 - 08/08/2014Mon, Wed, Thu 09:05AM - 11:50AMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- This course will look into representative literary works by writers of multicultural backgrounds such as (but not limited to) African American, Asian American, Chicano/Chinana writers, chiefly from the 20th/21st centuries. We will discuss social/cultural factors that inform the making of multicultural America by investigating America's literary past and present.
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
20% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
30% Student Presentations - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81489/1145
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 March 2014
Fall 2013 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (23678)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PMUMTC, East BankSmith Hall 100
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- In Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States we will read prose and poetry by American writers of color, ranging from Nobel and Pulitzer prizewinning masters to debut authors. Our books will include THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Diaz, THE NAMESAKE by Jhumpa Lahiri, YELLOW FACE by David Henry Hwang, LIFE ON MARS by Tracy K. Smith, and more. As we examine the specific meanings and methods of each work, we will also identify such elements as theme, motif, genre, structure, form, perspective, tone, voice, imagery, and metaphor. ENGL 1301W is a writing intensive class, which means that we will write drafts and revise before turning in final copies of our two formal papers, each five pages long. This four credit class includes a twice-weekly lecture and a once-a-week discussion section.
- Grading:
- 50% Reports/Papers
30% Quizzes
10% Attendance
10% In-class Presentations - Class Format:
- 60% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities Lecture meets twice weekly; discussion sections meet once weekly. - Workload:
- 150 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Two formal papers of five pages each, with five-page drafts of both. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23678/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 January 2014
Fall 2013 | ENGL 1301W Section 002: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (23679)
- Instructor(s)
- Jennifer Jodell (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 340
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23679/1139
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jodel002_ENGL1301W_Summer2017.pdf (Summer 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2013 | ENGL 1301W Section 003: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (23680)
- Instructor(s)
- Jennifer Jodell (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankAkerman Hall 227
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/23680/1139
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/jodel002_ENGL1301W_Summer2017.pdf (Summer 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2013 | ENGL 1301W Section 004: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (25224)
- Instructor(s)
- John Costello (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 203
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25224/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2013 | ENGL 1301W Section 005: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (25225)
- Instructor(s)
- John Costello (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 340
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25225/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2013 | ENGL 1301W Section 006: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (25226)
- Instructor(s)
- Trevor Ketner (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/25226/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Fall 2013 | ENGL 1301W Section 007: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (26834)
- Instructor(s)
- Trevor Ketner (TA)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankLind Hall 302
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- There are distinct literary and cultural traditions that at once express and resist the American history of colonialism and racism. This course considers the ways in which imaginative writings, sounds and images shape, confront and counter prevailing poetics and narratives about the self and nation. While there can never been a single voice for the American experience, an idea that is illuminated through a study of American multicultural literature, this course explores a diversity of voices in American literature as well as some historical frameworks for understanding contemporary American life. Through consideration of languages and images that resist racialized identities, and literary and cinematic attempts to rethink racial paradigms in light of new immigrant communities and globalization, this course offers an opportunity to explore what literary and cultural critic Sacvan Bercovitch calls 'the autoAmericanbiography.'
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/26834/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 23 March 2012
Summer 2013 | ENGL 1301W Section 001: Introduction to Multicultural Literatures of the United States (81934)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture Workaround
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/17/2013 - 08/09/2013Mon, Wed, Thu 01:25PM - 04:25PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 4
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Notes:
- Representative works by African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano/Chicana writers, chiefly from 20th century. Social/cultural factors informing America's literary past/present.
- Class Description:
- This course aims to explore literature by authors who do not belong to the dominant ethnic, racial, cultural groups of the United States. Since the 1920s (and also the 1960s), during the turbulent period of immigrant settlement and indigenous dispossession, ethnic writers have been concerned with defining and creating American identity through their works. By reading and analyzing their works thoroughly, we will investigate questions such as the following: How do immigrants become writers? What do immigrant writers achieve for themselves and their groups by variously participating in national literary and rhetorical traditions? How can dual or multiple cultural identities possibly coexist within themselves and within American culture? How do we define culture, and what is the relation between culture and individual texts? How has literature changed between the period of 1960s militancy and our current age of globalization and diversity? In addition to race, ethnicity, and identity, we will also look into how class, language, gender and sexuality figure into these writers? image of an American self and community.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81934/1135
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 April 2013
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