Description
217: Readings in African-American Literature.
Goal: Students will read and respond, both orally and in writing, to works from the African-American literary tradition to enhance their abilities to analyze texts and to explore connections among texts, and between texts and the cultures that produced them.
Content: Works by African-Americans such as Frederick Douglass, Zora Neale Hurston, Malcolm X, Jean Toomer, Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison, and Tayari Jones.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisites: WIS 101 or ENG 101.
Gen. Ed. Category: Developing; speaking competency; (HUM).
Credit: 3 hours.