Course details

Name: ENGL - 237

Title: BLACK WOMEN WRITERS: U.S.

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2011

Credits: 3

Description:
This course explores the creative and critical expressions written by and about African American women from the 18th Century to the present. We will read across genre(slave narratives, poetry, memoir, drama, novels, short fiction) from a socio-historical and womanist perspective. Significant attention will be given to the unique strategies and structures distinguishing an African American female aesthetic and critical tradition. Some of the novelists under consideration are Tayari Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Michelle Cliff, Gayl Jones and Edwidge Danticat.

Schedule: Tuesday,Thursday From 11:30 am To 12:45 pm

Graduation requirements:

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  • Any Literature (1e)
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  • Pre-1900 American (TE 1c)
  • World Cultures (TE 7a)

Teaching Faculty: Lewis Sharon (lewiss)

Is course canceled: No