| This module is a survey of key thematics and debates in American Cultural History from the
American Revolution to the 21st Century. We will read a selection of literary and non-literary texts
across genres and disciplines that define, interrogate, and redefine the American nation. Topics will
include: the American Revolution; slavery; the Civil War; race and ethnicity; the Civil Rights
14 ŠUniversity of Mauritius, 2017
Movement; the post-Civil Rights era; multiculturalism; post-racial/post-ethnic/post-nationalist
debates. Readings will include works by authors such as Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Henry
David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison.
|
Administrative assistant: DILMAHOMED BOCUS Bibi Swaleha
Telephone: 4037400
Email: s.dilmahomed@uom.ac.mu |
