ENG 331W - African American Literature

3 CR

This course introduces students to the African-American literary tradition and the critical questions and concepts central to this tradition. Students will study a variety of primary texts and explore some of the ideas, genres, and movements developed in response to and/or alongside these texts, such as the slave narrative, the tragic mulatto, the Harlem Renaissance, folklore, the Black Aesthetic, and black feminism.

Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W OR permission of instructor.