ENG-330 African American Literature
This course is a survey of the periods and
movements of African American literature. We
study prose, poetry, and drama by various
authors. Along the way, we seek to understand how
African Americans have responded through
literature to the oppressions of white America -
slavery, segregation, violent and institutional
racism - as well as how authors forge identity
and create community through writing. We examine
how these authors respond to their own literary
tradition, how they shape form, style and genre
in response to their historical context, and how
they use writing as resistance, subversion,
self-realization and celebration.(Literature
Seminars)
Prerequisites: 200-level Introduction to Literary
Studies course (any version).
Prerequisite
One 200-level literature course (any version)must be
completed prior to registering for this course.