HUMS 211 Us Vs. Them

Division of Liberal Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course

This course explores representations of
conflict/difference between peoples in historical
writing, short stories, lyrical essays, memoir,
literary and critical theory, filmmaking, and
photography. Students are encouraged to develop a
particular curiosity about the formal choices and
effects of these representations. Our reading and
viewing will span colonial and postcolonial
Africa, antebellum and contemporary Philadelphia,
representations of gender difference and conflict
in several periods, as well as contemporary
conflict in the Middle East. Students will have
the opportunity to examine and write about the
ways in which cultural interpreters have framed
‘vs.’ over time and across a variety of
disciplines, and to reflect on representational
choices in their own fields.

Prerequisites FYWT*101 or FYWT*112

This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
This course is equated with the following courses: LACR*210, HUMS*223, HUMS*214, HUMS*217, HUMS*227, HUMS*213, HUMS*219, HUMS*222, HUMS*229, REG*228, HUMS*221, HUMS*224, HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*218, HUMS*220, HUMS*212, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*210, HUMS*211