ENGL 329 - Autobiographies, Journals, and Memoirs (3 credits)

(Prereq: ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better, or ENGL 205) A study of selected Eighteenth-, Nineteenth-, and Twentieth-Century autobiographical writing in English. Students read selected Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century autobiographies, journals, and memoirs and explore the ways in which recent writers (in particular women and minorities) have challenged and revised the conventions of this genre. Students are required to produce some autobiographical writing.