Course details

Name: ENGL - 237

Title: BLACK WOMEN WRITERS: U.S.

Section: 01

Semester: Fall - 2011

Credits: 3

Description:
This course explores the creative and critical expressions written by 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 Black feminist perspective. Significant attention will be given to the unique strategies and structures distinguishing an African American female aesthetic and analytic tradition. Some of the writers under consideration are Tayari Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones and Edwidge Danticat.

Schedule: Tuesday,Thursday From 2:30 pm To 3:45 pm

Graduation requirements:

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• Any Literature (1e)
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• Pre-1900 American (TE 1c)
• Ethnic Studies (3b)
• World Cultures (TE 7a)

Teaching Faculty: Lewis Sharon (lewiss)

Is course canceled: No