ENGL 259

Fall 2012 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 27-Dec 12

Afro-American Literature I

Credit: 3 hours.

Historical and critical study of Afro-American literature in its social and cultural context from the beginning to 1915.

Same as AFRO 259 and CWL 259. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - US Minority

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ENGL 259 class schedule data for fall 2012
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	55608	Lecture-Discussion	C	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	English Building	Freeburg, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/12-12/12/12 Degree Notes: US Minority Culture(s) course. Section Info: This course surveys African American literature from the antebellum slave narratives to the essays of W.E.B. DuBois. In this course, we look at individual writers in their historical and political contexts, but also, we focus on the spiritual and affective power of African American prose. More importantly, the literary and sociopolitical appeal of African American literature from these early periods has been continuously drawn upon by social movements of the last fifty years. Thus, through close readings of writers like Frederick Douglass, Charles Chesnutt, and Ida B. Wells in context, students in this course will come away with a solid background in early African American literature and culture as well as its myriad of influences on current discussions of social inequality in the U.S.