ENG 2238 - Contemporary Fiction
3 Credits
Explores recently published short stories and novels which represent diverse cultural and artistic expressions and the race, power, and justice themes and issues inscribed in the assigned works. Emphasis will be on North American writers, but works by writers from other countries may be included.
Pre-Requisites Both of these groups:
1.One of these two: EAP 0099, ENG 0099 (Minimum grade: 1.67 GPA Equivalent)
And
2. Any one of these three: READ 0093, READ 0094, READ 0099
OR
ENG 1108
Major Content Areas
Elements of fiction and their use in analyzing contemporary fiction
Forming a critical response to a text
Understanding power relations with regard to sexism, classism, ableism, heterosexism, transphobia, antisemitism, and Islamophobia
Understanding historical and contemporary systemic structures of racism that sustain social, political, economic, and/or environmental inequities and are produced and/or reflected in contemporary fiction
Learning Outcomes
Perform close analysis of contemporary fiction and demonstrate knowledge of major critical frameworks at an introductory level.
Understand and identify in contemporary fiction the historical and contemporary systemic structures of racism that sustain social, political, economic, and/or environmental inequities, particularly for Black, Indigenous lands and people, and other communities of color.
Understand and identify in contemporary fiction the historical and contemporary systemic structures of racism that sustain social, political, economic, and/or environmental inequities, particularly for Black, Indigenous lands and people, and other communities of color.
Describe and identify in contemporary fiction the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations among racial groups in the United States and how inequality is maintained by redefining race and other social identities and structures.
Examine significant challenges of and contributions to contemporary fiction by people in the United States who have experienced racism and other forms of oppression such as sexism, classism, ableism, heterosexism, transphobia, antisemitism, and Islamophobia.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
7B - Race/Power/Justice
06 - Humanities/Fine Arts
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