CPLT 120: Autobiography

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Units: 4

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

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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 examination of narrative structure and point of view; the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction; and concepts such as masks, sexuality, memory, and biculturalism. Focus may change from year to year. Course is repeatable as topics change.