SELECTED TOPICS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Literature Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify major literary movements in the history of the Black literary tradition. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify the contextual frameworks that shape representations of race across a broad range of cultural texts and objects. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe the goals, challenges, and questions raised by the thematic and aesthetic choices of Black writers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Develop persuasive written arguments about the aesthetic construction, form, context, and meaning of Black writers' cultural texts and objects. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Communicate with others in a way that displays an understanding of racial inequities in the US. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Write compelling and coherent arguments using textual analysis and cultural studies criticism employed by literary scholars. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify major literary movements in the history of the Black literary tradition. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify the contextual frameworks that shape representations of race across a broad range of cultural texts and objects. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe the goals, challenges, and questions raised by the thematic and aesthetic choices of Black writers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Develop persuasive written arguments about the aesthetic construction, form, context, and meaning of Black writers' cultural texts and objects. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Communicate with others in a way that displays an understanding of racial inequities in the US. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Write compelling and coherent arguments using textual analysis and cultural studies criticism employed by literary scholars. Audience: Graduate