LIT 215 — Contemporary Multicultural American Literature
This course introduces students to a variety of marginalized writers in the literature of the United States, especially the work of African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos/as. Through the study of these writings, students will learn to appreciate both traditional and new forms of literature as minority voices, including the LGBTQ+community, explore the American experience. Students will begin to value the mosaic of a culture where each group retains its individual characteristics while adding to the richness of the whole. At the same time, students will examine how people from outside the mainstream culture encounter and struggle with that culture and with a society that all too frequently has excluded them. Completion of this course fulfills the Human Relations, AA, AFA, AS, AES, or General Education degree requirement.
Prerequisites: ENG 101