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Crossing Cultural Boundaries

X14 (2 semester units in Comparative Literature)

Where is home? How do writers and filmmakers navigate between worlds of here and there, past and present, reality and imagination? How do parents and children experience these boundaries differently? How does the crossing of cultural boundaries affect the stories we tell of who we are? What is the role of language in constructing identity? You explore these questions each week through readings of autobiographical texts including Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father; James McBride, The Color of Water; Edward Said, Out of Place; Nachid Rachlin, Persian Girls; and others. Students also reflect on these questions through selected films. You are encouraged to participate in lively and open discussions throughout the course.

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Wed. Sept. 16, Berkeley

DOROTHY KAUFMANN, Ph.D., has been a professor of French literature at Clark University, and a visiting professor at Boston University, Mills College, and other institutions. She has published widely in major journals and is the author of Édith Thomas: A Passion for Resistance (Cornell University Press, 2004).

NOTE: This class is closed. For information about related courses, contact your academic department.

• $425 (EDP 021329)

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