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