ENGL 420 African-American Literature

Study of representative major African-American writers from colonial times to the present, including such figures as Douglass, Hughes, Wright, Ellison, Baldwin, and Walker. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 102 or permission of instructor

Offered

Spring, odd years

Student Learning Outcomes

1. To demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of African-American writers, representative works, and African-American literary heritages
2. To articulate how African-American history, ideas, politics, and religion inform African-American literature
3. To recognize and evaluate ethical, moral, and sociopolitical issues, raised by the literature, through class discussions, formal projects, and essays
4. To use various modes of literary interpretation and criticism