CPLT 120: Autobiography

2008-09 2009-10 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2012-13 → 2009-10 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours

Catalog page 174

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: A study of the genre of literary autobiography and its visual equivalents (self-portraits and autobiographical film). An examina- tion of narrative structure and point of view; the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction; and con- cepts such as masks, sexuality, memory, and bicultur- alism. Focus may change from year to year. Course is repeatable as topics change.