ENG 185: Reading from the Margin

[4.0 units]

Explores the question of how to read canonical works from the margins. We will analyze such issues as: difference and sameness; the construction of the self and of the other; and reading as a culturally-situated activity.

Prerequisite: (ENG 101 or ENG 102 or ENG 103 or ENG 104) and one ENG seminar numbered 050-089.