HISU 3220 Autobiography and Southern Identity

HISU 3220 Autobiography and Southern Identity
Autobiography and Southern Identity
An interdepartmental seminar that employs autobiography to explore the relationship between regional culture and individual experience in the 20th-century American South. While recognizing the place of autobiography as a literary genre, the seminar will subordinate the concerns of critical theory to the more immediate task of evaluating the strengths and limitations of autobiographical testimony as a form of historical evidence. Class members will read and discuss one book-length autobiography each week.
Pre-requistites: One prior course in Southern history or literature or approval of instructor.
credit hours: 3