Arts, Sciences, and Engineering African & African-American Studies
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-164642 AAAS 156-1 Intro to African-American Literature Spring 2024 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MW 1025 AM 1140 AM 01/17/2024 05/11/2024
Enrollment: Enrolled     
20
Capacity     
25
Co-Located: AAAS 156-1, ENGL 116-1 (P), GSWS 155-1
Instructors: Jeff Tucker
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Description: This course surveys African American literature of a variety of genres—poetry, drama, autobiography, fiction, and non-fiction—with a focus on the 18th and 19th Centuries. The course interprets this tradition not only as the production of American writers of African descent, but also as a set works that display formal characteristics associated with black cultural traditions. Discussion topics include the meanings of race, the construction of black identity, and literature as historical document. Special attention will be paid to approaching literary texts from a variety of critical perspectives. Featured writers include Phillis Wheatley, William Wells Brown, Frederick Douglass, Harriet W. Wilson, Charles W. Chesnutt, W.E.B. DuBois, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and more. Course requirements include two formal writing assignments, bi-weekly reading responses, and class participation.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer