LIT 223. African-American Literature

A study of the writing of African-Americans from colonial times to the present, with special attention to influential African-American writers such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Toomer, Hughes, Wright, Brooks, Ellison, Baldwin, Baraka, and Malcolm X. Readings in novels, plays, autobiographies, short stories, poems, folktales, and essays will explore a wide range of African-American aesthetic responses to life in the United States. (Same course as AAL 223)
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or 201
3 hours, 3 credits
 
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