LIT-149 Finding Identity

"Know thyself." Young people struggled with this injunction long before Hamilton adopted the motto. This course explores how young people in literature—from medieval tales of adventure through 21st c. graphic novels—attempt to define their own identity in relation to their families and societies. We’ll explore how intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and culture come together in the construction of identity. Texts may include anonymous medieval works, as well as novels by Jane Austen, Alison Bechdel, Charles Dickens, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Art Spiegelman.

Maximum Enrollment

Proseminar (16)

(Proseminar, First Year Course, Writing Intensive, Social Structural and Institutional Hierarchies.)

Credits

1

Offered

Fall

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