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ENGL111
Personalizing History
ENGL111 FA
Next Offered in 9798 FA
An intensive writing course focussing on the
ethnic/immigrant memoir genre. Students will be asked to
use family stories and personal memories to produce a
memoir(s) that explore the personal dimensions of history
and the historical dimensions of the personal. Besides
in-class writing, we will also discuss examples of the
immigrant/ethnic memoir genre.
MAJOR READINGS
LOST IN TRANSLATION, Eva Hoffmann
TALKING TO HIGH MONKS IN THE SNOW, Lydia Minatoya
DREAMING IN CUBAN, Christina Garcia
THE HOTTEST WATER IN CHICAGO, Gayle Pemberton
DAYS OF OBLIGATION, Richard Rodriguez
COLORED PEOPLE, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
YOUR BLUES AIN'T LIKE MINE,Bebe Moore Campbell
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Extensive writing and
rewriting on a weekly basis. A final writing project.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Writing Workshop
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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