Course Details

African and African-American Literature

 

LITR1-DC6261
Credit: The Paul McGhee Division

In this course students read literature by Caribbean, African-American, and African writers to explore the roots of the African traditions in African-American writers' work. Works studied may include African legend and sacred narratives, slave narratives, blues and spiritual traditions, and the writings of Du Bois, Wheatley, William Wells Brown, Hurston, Baldwin, Morrison, Malcolm X, and Imiri Baraka.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: Introduction to Literature or one semester of American Literary Traditions or permission of instructor

 

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