MHU 211 Cultural Diversity in American Literature
This class will be a survey of the principal contributors to American literature, particularly writers from diverse backgrounds. This course will cover the following periods as presented in the Heath Anthology. The 1900's to the Negro Renaissance, the 1950's, the 1960's, the 1970's and 80's and into the twenty first century. We will focus on the major writers and texts, along with their respective periods, through lecture and discussion, and concluding with a student essay on each major section. This course supports the mission of the Catholic University of America by providing insight into diverse thinking about America and the World. Like the University, this course seeks to discover and impart truth through exposure and examination of American writers from diverse backgrounds.