Reading & Composition
ON THE BORDERS OF IDENTITY
ON THE BORDERS OF IDENTITY
Course Number:
R1B.003
Course Type or Level:
Instructor:
S. Sayay
Days:
Tu/Th
Time:
11-12:30
Semester:
It’s one thing to be a minority in terms of race, ethnicity, gender or sexual preference; but what does it mean to be a bisexual Arab-Jewish boy in Israel? Or a Mexican-American woman in Texas? In this course we will look at literature by and about the people who straddle many sides of the borders of identity, and use our readings perfect our skills in close analysis, thesis development and effective academic writing.
Texts will include:
David Grossman, “Her Body Knows”
Sanda Cisneros, “Woman Hollering Creek”
Gloria Anzaldua, “Bordelands/La Frontera”
A B Yehoshua, “Mr Mani”
The Book of Genesis
Poems of Rumi