English 120 - Writing American Lives

Sara Eddy

TTh 1:00-2:20 p.m.

A Study of autobiographical writings that explore the possibilities and limitations involved in being and becoming American.  Author include Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Zitkala-Sa, James Weldon Johnson, Mitsuye Yamada, Richard Rodriguez, Sara Vowell, Monique Thuy-Dung Truong, Geeta Kothari and others.