EN422 African American Literature

Prerequisites: EN 211, EN 212 In this course, students will read, analyze, and discuss literary works written by African Americans. Beginning with works written by enslaved African Americans, this course will survey writings representative of Reconstruction, The Great Migration, The Harlem Renaissance, Black Realism, The Black Arts Movement, Modernism, and Postmodernism. Genres studied will include poetry, fiction, drama, and historical narratives, with occasional reference to film and music, specifically jazz, blues, and hip-hop. Writers studied include Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Amiri Baraka, and others.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

EN211 [minimum grade = D-] and EN212 [minimum grade = D-] or EN211 [transfer credit] or EN212 [transfer credit]