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Apr 20, 2024
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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EN 230 African American Literature
This course will explore the histories, cultures, and experiences of African and African-descended peoples as represented in literature across genre. We will also examine landmark works of Black critical theory and aesthetic/cultural philosophy to better understand concepts such as the color line, double consciousness, Black nationalism, Africanfuturism, etc. that heavily shaped social and political thought well into the present day. Through the study of these texts, we will gain insight into significant literary/ideological movements including negritude, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, etc. to establish a foundation for additional study in upper-level literature courses on U.S. and global texts. Potential authors for study may include Harriet E. Wilson, James Weldon Johnson, Nella Larsen, James Baldwin, August Wilson, and others as we trace the literary contributions of both canonized and underrepresented authors from the seventeenth century to the present.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or above.
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