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Dec 07, 2025
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University General Course Catalog 2020-2021 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
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ENG 675A - American Autobiography (3 units)
Reading life stories with attention to gender, race, and class. History, characteristics, and problems of the genre.
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. list and discuss the key issues that arise in autobiographical writing and apply them to specific written works.
2. develop and articulate (orally and in writing) strategies for reading, interpreting, and critiquing memoirists’ choices of materials and literary techniques.
3. place American autobiographical writing in historical context, tracing trends in the representation of gender, race and class in in life writing. (CO 10)
4. describe the perceptions, viewpoints, and life experiences of marginalized groups within the United States, as articulated in the life writing of individuals in those groups.
5. identify and discuss ethical questions relevant to the genre of life writing and to memoirists’ choices, including the ethics of truth-telling, collaboration and representation.
6. write a successful autobiographical essay, collaborative memoir, and critical interpretation, as measured by a course rubric.
7. demonstrate, through an annotated bibliography and class presentation, awareness of theories and research relevant to the study of autobiographical genres, and particularly to recurring questions about truth, memory, identity, and representation.
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