African American Literature

ENGL

223

African American Literature

This course offers a study of African American literature, from enslavement to the present day, through a variety of genres and mediums, including fiction, memoir, poetry, drama, primary sources, film, and journalism. The course aims to enhance students’ knowledge of the literary traditions and historical contexts which shaped African American literature. The course focuses on both aesthetic and socio-political concerns of African American writers through a range of periods and movements, including Literature of Enslavement, Reconstruction, Harlem Renaissance, Modernism, Urban Realism, Black Arts Movement, Afrofuturism, Postmodernism, and Literature of the 21st Century.

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

Yes

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