ENGL 349.101

Identities: Self, Labels, Roles

 

NOTE: This is representative of the syllabi for this course. It is not necessarily the syllabus being used in any one semester.

 

 

Course Description: This course explores the search for identity through autobiographical works of literature, film, the arts, and other media.  Issues of self-discovery within social expectations will receive special attention. 

 

Course Requirements: Students will be expected to be familiar with all assigned material before class and participate intelligently in discussions both in the classroom and online.  Students will also submit both a written autobiography and an autobiography in a nonverbal medium to fulfill course requirements.  Grades will be based on the following formula: Class participation 40%; autobiographies, 30% apiece.

 

Texts:

 

Print:

James McBride, The Color of Wate

Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

Assorted handouts

 

Film:

Remember the Titans

Searching for Bobby Fischer
Stand and Deliver

Norma Rae

A Raisin in the Sun

 

Discussion Topics:  

The Search for Identity

Self, Labels, and Roles

Definitions of Personal Identity

Identity in Pre-Industrial Cultures

Identity in the Industrialized West

Gender and Identity 

Race/Ethnicity and Identity

Religion, Class, Nationality and Other Identity Markers Discovering the Self

Proclaiming the Self

 

 

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