LIT3016 ST: Reading Race

The annals of literary study are steeped in white privilege, yet literature provides one of the most important lenses through which we can vicariously experience and to some extent understand diverse racial identities. Black and brown writers are redefining our understanding of race and revealing the privilege of the literary canon. Employing a variety of critical approaches, Reading Race will attempt to review the ways in which both authors of color and white authors represent race and racism on the page. We will read novels, short stories, plays, and poems that place us within the experience and the questions of race as explored by different authors, and as they allow us to see it. Through this reading, we will investigate the complicated concepts of race, racism, privilege, and prejudice. This course relies upon students’ close, critical reading of literary sources, insightful contributions and leadership in class discussion, and dedication to the concept of knowledge creation. Credits: 3.000

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