Multicultural Literature: Page to Screen

CANCELLED

Summer 2012 quarter

Faculty

Chico Herbison American studies

Fields of Study

American studies, cultural studies, literature and moving image

Preparatory for studies or careers in

humanities, education

Description

This course will explore multicultural America through a close reading of four novels and one play and the viewing of their cinematic adaptations: Toni Morrison's Beloved , Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club , Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone , Adrian C. Louis's Skins , and Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit . Students—equipped with the tools of literary and film analysis—will examine a complex array of American cultures and their multiple intersections, as well as the equally complex attempts to capture those cultural interactions in literature and on film. For their final projects, students will have the option of writing an academic research paper or a creative nonfiction piece.

Advertised Schedule

9a-1p Wed/Thu (Aug. 1 - 30)

Location

Olympia

Online Learning

Enhanced Online Learning

Books

Greener Store

Offered During

Day

Program Revisions