Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 
    
2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ENG 543 - African American Literature

2 credits
This course will examine oral storytelling, as well as colonial and post-colonial prose, poetry, and drama, by African American writers to present day. An emphasis on political, historical, and cultural contributions and challenges will help students understand how this literature has been constructed and reconstructed according to how African Americans view themselves and are understood in today’s literary canon. This course will also seek to analyze trends, values, and layers of multicultural traditions by writers of all genders. Students will be able to expand current literary conversations by contributing their own voice and experiences in order to understand how they identify with underrepresented groups in Western culture. Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.  Prerequisite(s): Recommended: An undergraduate introduction to literature or advanced literature course or permission of Program Chair.



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