2014-2015 Academic Catalog 
    
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2014-2015 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 131 - Border Crossings: Narratives of Travel, Exile, and Immigration


The course examines narratives of travel, exile, immigration, and displacement in modern literature and film. We will explore North American, Chicano, Native-American, African, and Middle Eastern literature. Close reading of texts will ground our interrogation and discussion of such themes and issues as travel and tourism, margins, borders and borderlands, immigration, language and culture, community, hyphenated identity, war and conflict, race, gender and religion. The course will be run as a seminar with student presentations, written responses, and class discussion as important parts of the requirements. Fulfills the Verbal Expression requirement. You must be placed at the Verbal Expression level to be admitted into this seminar.

Prerequisites: VE Placement Required

Anticipated Terms Offered: Occasionally