INTRODUCTION TO BLACK WOMEN WRITERS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Literature Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify major literary forms and their functions in the history of black women’s writing. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the contextual frameworks that shape representations of race and gender across a broad range of literary texts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the goals, challenges, and questions raised by the thematic and aesthetic choices of black women creators. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop persuasive arguments about the aesthetic construction, form, context, and meaning of black women’s creative work. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify major literary forms and their functions in the history of black women’s writing. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the contextual frameworks that shape representations of race and gender across a broad range of literary texts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe the goals, challenges, and questions raised by the thematic and aesthetic choices of black women creators. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop persuasive arguments about the aesthetic construction, form, context, and meaning of black women’s creative work. Audience: Undergraduate