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Literature from around the World
Welcome to the research guide for Multicultural Literature. Here, you’ll find the library resources you will need to be successful in this class.
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Course Information
ENGL 3423 Multicultural Literature
Description
Readings of modern literature from around the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United States, with an emphasis on topics related to issues of cultural experience and exposure. Course may be repeatable for credit if topic is changed.
Prerequisites
Course Catalog Information
Required Textbooks
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The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Volumes D, E, & F by Call Number: UnavailableISBN: 9780393265910Publication Date:The fourth edition of the most trusted and widely used anthology of world literature retains and expands the most popular works from the last edition, while refreshing the anthology with new selections and new translations of major works.
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Barren Lives by Call Number: UnavailableISBN: 9780292701335Publication Date:A peasant family, driven by the drought, walks to exhaustion through an arid land. As they shelter at a deserted ranch, the drought is broken and they linger, tending cattle for the absentee ranch owner until the onset of another drought forces them to move on, homeless wanderers again.
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Shantytown Kid by Call Number: UnavailableISBN: 9780803262584Publication Date:How Begag took flight on the wings of learning is one of the stories that unfolds in this captivating autobiographical novel of growing up amid the multicultural complexities of contemporary France.
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Best Bets
The following can help you start your research.
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Databases
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Gale Literature Resource Center
Gale Literature Resource Center is Gale’s most current, comprehensive, and reliable online literature resource, offering the broadest and most representative range of authors and their works, including a deep collection of full-text critical and literary analysis for literary studies.
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Humanities International Complete
Humanities International Complete provides the full text of hundreds of journals, books, and other published sources from around the world.
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Comparative Literature
Presents articles which explore important problems in literary theory and literary history not confined to a single national literature.
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Forum for World Literature Studies
Provides a forum to promote diversity in world literature,with a particular interest in the study of literatures of those neglected countries and regions. Publishes original articles on topics including theoretical studies, literary criticism, literary history and cultural studies, as well as book review articles.
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Mapping World Literature by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781441156488Publication Date:Mapping World Literature explores the study of literature and literary history in light of global changes, looking at what defines world literature in the 21st century.
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Multicultural Literature and Literacies by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0585075212Publication Date:This is the first book to thoroughly explore the methods by which educators, creative writers, and policymakers have constructed workable models of teaching literature in multicultural classrooms.
English at Northwestern
These links will take you to official NWOSU university pages.
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School of Arts & Sciences
The departments within the school offer a total of fifteen majors and twenty minors at the undergraduate level and a master of arts in American studies at the graduate level.
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English, Foreign Language & Humanities
The Department of English, Foreign Language & Humanities offers a broad range of courses leading to the bachelor of arts degree in English or English education. Students may also pursue a minor in English, writing, or Spanish.
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EnglishThe English Program at Northwestern Oklahoma State University offers a full range of courses in American, British, and world literature in addition to courses in creative writing, film studies, technical writing, and advanced composition in order to prepare students for academic and non-academic professional endeavors.