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Memoir & Autobiography

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
MoWeFr 10a.m. – 10:50a.m.
McCormack M02-0404 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
Time
MoWeFr 10a.m. – 10:50a.m.
Location
McCormack M02-0404
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

A study of various kinds of American autobiography-such as spiritual autobiography and freedom narratives-from colonial to modern times, with attention to European forerunners from Augustine to Rousseau. Texts vary by semester, selected from such authors as Edwards, Franklin, Thoreau, Douglass, Jacobs, Moody, Washington, and Henry Adams, and more recent works by Hellman, Wright, Malcolm X, and Kingston.

Prerequisites

ENGL 200 or 201 or 202

This course is closed for registration.

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