ENG 0251 - Black Literature

Fall, Spring, Summer 3 Credit Hours
Provides an in-depth exploration of Black literature from its earliest manifestations to the present, examining an array of genres and forms and engaging with textual, critical, political, and theoretical issues related to cardinal literary movements, such as, but not limited to, folk tales, spirituals, slave narratives, The Négritude Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, Social Realism and African “Traditionalism,” the Black Arts Movement of 1960s, and the Third Renaissance of 1980s-90s. We will also examine some of the defining debates and phenomena within Black cultural histories. MOTR #: LITR 105AA

Prerequisites:ENG 0101 : College Composition I, and ENG 0102 : College Composition II, or ENG 0111 : Advanced College Composition.