ABS 400 - Race and Literature

Description:
Course reviews theory and use of “race” in the construction of knowledge and in English canonical texts.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

Examine the cultural and ideological base of the idea of “races” in human history.
Analyze and interrogate the reconstruction and production of knowledge under the political and institutional power structures of colonialism and slavery.
Identify specific areas where the politics of “race, constitute the production and experience of art, literature, and humanistic knowledge.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/19/09