Topics in English Literature: Writing of the Black Diaspora

3 units

FOR WERDCC STUDENTS, ONLY. This interdisciplinary course explores the varieties of cultural expression of the Black Diaspora, with a particular focus on twentieth-century Caribbean writers. Students will engage with an array of texts and artworks from Africa, the Caribbean, and North America, and analyze the shared sociocultural and political concerns of writers engaging in critical transnational communication with one another through literature and political discourse.