Designed to introduce students to critical approaches to the study of ethnic literatures and cultures from the long twentieth century. In its different iterations, the course takes a comparative approach, surveying a wide range of literary genres by authors from Asian American, Black, Chicanx, Latinx, multiracial, Native American and other diverse communities. Students build an analytical foundation for examining literary production and learn to link form, artistry, and concept to histories and politics of colonialism, identity, migration, nationhood, race, and segregation.

No Prerequisites

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Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

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GEs Area G Ethnicity Writing
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RANA S
Swati Rana
3.2
13 reviews

Lecture

ILP 1302
T R
09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
200 / 200 Full

Sections

GIRV 2129
T
14:00 PM - 14:50 PM
25 / 25 Full
SH 2635
T
13:00 PM - 13:50 PM
25 / 25 Full
GIRV 2112
T
16:00 PM - 16:50 PM
25 / 25 Full
SH 1609
T
17:00 PM - 17:50 PM
25 / 25 Full
GIRV 2115
W
08:00 AM - 08:50 AM
25 / 25 Full
GIRV 2112
W
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
25 / 25 Full
ILP 4101
W
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
25 / 25 Full
ILP 4205
W
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
25 / 25 Full
ILP 3211
W
14:00 PM - 14:50 PM
0 / 25
ILP 3211
W
15:00 PM - 15:50 PM
0 / 25
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Spring 2024 . Rana S
TD-W 1701
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12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
Winter 2024 . Blake F D
EMBARHALL
M W
08:00 AM - 09:15 AM
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ENGL50 . Rana S 20 Days Ago

I will not tolerate all the Rana slander. Sure, she gets nervous in her lectures, but she is an extremely nice and caring teacher, and I loved all the readings she recommended. I used to have faith in RMF ratings, but you are all just being mean. Maybe she's not the most energetic lecturer ever but everyone has their own style. Solid lectures!!!

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ENGL50 . Rana S 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

If you are looking for an easy GE this is def not the course. The material is interesting and engaging and the exams are easy as long as you do all the reading. That being said there is ALOT of reading. We read 4 novels plus about 20 other readings. There are 2 exams and 2 essays that make up basically the whole grade.

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ENGL50 . Rana S 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

the midterms and final are just memorizing. we read way too much stuff and she quizzes us on identifying texts which is annoying. the essays were fine but get ready to read lots of full novels and long readings to identify a single line for your grade.

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ENGL50 . Rana S 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

Don't take this class if you want to keep your will to live. Personally, I would not take this class or professor knowing what I know now about the class. Lectures are dry and sometimes, professor rana sighs at the start of lecture, telling me she doesn't even want to be there. Sections are ok.

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ENGL50 . Rana S 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

NOT an easy GE. Lots of reading (full novels) and she doesn't post lecture slides even if you are sick. Lectures are dull and the professor scatters her thoughts a lot. The midterm had identification which was hard since we read a lot of long/boring texts and random sentences from long passages were selected. The class is made unnecessarily hard.

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ENGL50 . Rana S 2 Years Ago

Took this class as a GE and was not prepared for how dense all the material is. Lecture attendance is not mandatory but might as well be mandatory because you cannot succeed in this class without diligently taking notes. This class also does not allow P/NP. There were 2 essays worth 20% and 30%, a midterm 20%, final 20%, and participation 10%.

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