ENGH 202: Texts and Contexts

ENGH 202-A01: Migration Literature
(Summer 2020)

Online

Section Information for Summer 2020

ENGH 202 - A01: Migration Literature

Course Description
Migration across borders, either by choice or necessity – or some mixture of the two – has become a common global experience. In this course, we will read some of the literature in fiction and nonfiction that has sought to capture the experience of migration and diaspora. We will read short stories that describe the Haitian diaspora in the US, a novel about South Asian migration in the US after 9/11, and nonfiction about Mexican migration into the US. This course introduces students to reading texts in terms of their cultural contexts as well as their formal innovations and how literary forms respond to social concerns and experiences. In addition, English 202 will help develop skills of interpretation, analysis, and communication through the close analysis of imaginative texts.  

ENGH 202 A01 is a distance education section.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Studies literary texts within the framework of culture. Examines texts within such categories as history, gender, sexuality, religion, race, class, and nation. Notes: Builds on reading and writing skills taught in ENGH 101. May be repeated within the term.
Mason Core: Literature
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: 3 credits of 100-level English.
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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