CRS Acad Level: UG
Course #: ENGL3006
Credits: 3
Term: Varies
About the Course:
This course is intended to examine the process of coming to maturity in a variety of world cultures: Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America and the Caribbean, the United States. Short stories and novels will be linked with films from a world region or a country in order to analyze both similarities and distinctions about the growth of an individual identity in the context of a geographic and cultural region. Some of the topics to be considered in approaching coming of age within each work/country include: relationships with parents/guardians and notion of “home”; gender roles; community beliefs and values (politics and social realities, the outside world); peers and rebellion/turning points; romance & sexuality. Prerequisites: CORE-ENGL and ENGL1003.
Course offered: Varies.
