HNRS 138Empire, Border Crossing, and Multiethnic Literature of the U.S.
Honors Collegium · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Exploration of evolution of postcolonial studies through contemporary works of multiethnic American literature. Examination of how primary texts of fiction or creative nonfiction question literary conventions of allegedly mainstream Euro-American literature. Consideration of what manifestations of empire, diasporic mobility, and generic mutability unite or separate creative works in question. Consideration of the meditations on identity and intersectionality that creative and critical texts offer as they intersect notions of race, class, gender, sexual identity, ethnicity, nationality, and migration. Consideration of the aesthetic or critical possibilities that multiethnic American storytelling open up for future of postcolonial and transnational studies.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
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Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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