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Class number:
2860
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Title: Black Diasporic Lit in US Pt 2 |
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Department: English |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 35 |
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Current enrollment: 6 |
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Available seats: 29 |
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Start date: Monday, January 31, 2022 |
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End date: Monday, May 16, 2022 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM, 115V - 106 |
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Instructor(s): Paulin, Diana |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
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Note: For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a survey. |
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Note: This is the same course as ENGL 117. Introduction to African-American Literature, Part 2. Students may not receive credit for both courses. |
Course Description:
This course surveys African American literature in multiple genres from the 20th-century to the present. We will examine texts by both canonical and emergent writers, such as James Weldon Johnson, Angelina Weld Grimke, Jean Toomer, Nella Larsen, Langston Hughes, Zora Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Ann Petry, James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, Octavia Butler, Rita Dove, August Wilson, Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, and others. Our discussions/strategies for reading will be informed by relevant social, historical, and political contexts. In addition to discussing issues of race, nation formation, diasporic identities, class, gender, and sexuality, we will identify/trace recurring ideas/themes, as well as develop a theoretical language to facilitate thoughtful engagement with these works. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a survey. |