ENG-357 African-American Literature
This course examines African American literature and vernacular culture from 1940 to the present. Students will explore the major authors, genres, cultural tropes, and aesthetic and social movements associated with the field. The course will cover three periods: Realism, Naturalism, and Modernism; The Black Arts Era; and the Contemporary Period. The course emphasizes African American resistance, agency, transculturation, intertextuality, and cultural continuity.
Prerequisite
Student has completed any of the following course(s) WRI 102 - First-Year Writing II, WRI H103 - Honors Advanced First-Year Writing
Offered
Fall