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Class number:
2979
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Title: 20th Century Black LGBTQ Lit |
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Department: English |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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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 15 |
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Current enrollment: 10 |
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Available seats: 5 |
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Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 |
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End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM, 115V - 103 |
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Instructor(s): Heredia, Alejandro |
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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 course emphasizing literature written post-1900. |
Course Description:
This course is a study of a Black LGBTQ Literary tradition in the United States and in the African Diaspora. Course readings will primarily focus on the 20th century, starting with the Harlem Renaissance and ending at the turn of the century, though some contemporary writers may be included. Texts of study will include works by Nella Larsen, Wallace Thurman, James Baldwin, Essex Hemphill, June Jordan, Jamaica Kincaid, Johan Mijail, and others. Students will study style, form, and narrative and poetic technique to explore how Queer Black writers challenge heteronormative norms of their time, directly or subversively. |