ENG 44 - Literature of the American West

    Recent Professors
    JOSEPH SMIGELSKI
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2025
    Class Size
    44 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Prerequisite(s): All prerequisites must be completed with a minimum grade of "C" (or "P") or higher. ENGL C1000
    Summer 2025 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area D3 · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    Critical analysis of the cultural and historical experiences of diverse people of the American West as expressed in their literatures, including the novel, short story, poetry, autobiography, memoirs, as-told-to-narratives, film, and secondary works. Emphasis upon techniques of critical review of and response to literary works. Study of the works of at least three of the following groups: Black and African Americans; Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; European Americans, Latinx Americans, Native Americans. Exploration of interrelationships among peoples and cultures of the West, as mediated by place and community and the flow of people and capital as influenced by technology. Comparison and contrast of the myth of the west to the experiences of its diverse peoples and regions. Some exploration of the myth of the west as exported to, consumed by, and in turn generated by other countries.