ENG 211—American Pluralism in Literature and Culture

This course focuses on contemporary and historical issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, social class and religious sectarianism in American life. It approaches the intersections among these categories and how they have evolved in relation to one another in complex and dynamic ways. Readings may include historical and/sociological materials as well as literary ones, and may view pluralism through one or more special lenses, such as education, immigration, or class conflict.