ENGL 2316 - African-American Literature

Arts & Sciences
Previous Course Number: ACOM 255

A survey of the stories, novels, memoirs and poetry of prominent African-American writers. Themes of race, culture, family, love, racism, and patriotism, as well as what it means to be black in America, are viewed through the literature of some of America’s most noted authors, including James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rita Dove and Thomas Sayers Ellis.
credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100, ENGL 1105