Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.

2405 | MW 1:25 - 2:40 | Staff

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011

3318 | TuTh 3:30 - 4:45| Rogers, Lynne 

This class will read a selection of narratives that travel from Africa to Iraq and Lebanon and then to Sri Lanka, from Ireland to Australia and even a Native American reservation, yes a reservation, a third world within another world.  In this myriad of settings, all of the works will focus on the Coming of Age and the protagonist’s process of defining themselves as an adult.  How do you manage to identify yourself when your world is falling apart?  How does a young person respond to the escalation of violence that surrounds them? What happens when your sexual desires and ambitions run contrary to your family’s values?  What are the decisions that a young person must make to change or direct the trajectory of their life?  Yet these questions will be further complicated by the political unrest that these protagonists find themselves facing.  Students should be able to relate to these protagonists as they handle some of the same problems shared by American students and in additionally, get an exploratory look into a different culture and political landscape.  All of these contemporary readings have been written after 1998 and are critically acclaimed. Students will be expected to read @60 pages per class and write 5 short papers of 2 ½ pages using one secondary source.  Some of the novels to be read include The Corpse Washer by Iraqi writer Sinan Antoon, Funny Boy by Sri Lankan writer, Shyam Selvadurai and There There by Native American writer, Tommy Orange.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011

4600W | Tu 2:00 - 3:15| Bedore, Pam