Origins of African American Literature

AFST

204

Origins of African American Literature

The evolution of Black literature and literary culture in often in the face of (often legalized) racial oppression from the mid-18th century to late 19th Century. Moving across a range of genres - from poetry to drama to fiction - and mediums - from the periodical to the bound novel - we will interrogate the relationship between literary form, aesthetics, and cultural politics, while developing a deep understanding of the emergence of an African American literary tradition.

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

Yes