Course details

Name: ENGL - 237

Title: BLACK WOMEN WRITERS: U.S.

Section: 01

Semester: Fall - 2017

Credits: 3

Description:
This introductory survey course reads the literature by Black women from early slave narratives to the present. The works are analyzed from sociohistorical and cultural perspectives, and significant attention is given to the unique strategies and structures distinguishing an African American female aesthetic and critical tradition. Authors to be studied include Fauset, Harper, Hopkins, Hurston, Jacobs, Larsen, Morrison, Shange, Truth, and Walker, among others. Meets World Cultures Requirement.

Last updated on 2017-03-14 By Knight Melinda (knightm)

Schedule: Wednesday From 5:30 pm To 8:00 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Any Literature (1e)
• Genre Study (Fiction)
• Other American (TE 1d)
• Post-1900 (1d)
• Ethnic Studies (3b)
• Women and Gender Studies (3c)
• World Cultures (TE 7a)

Teaching Faculty: Knight Melinda (knightm)

Is course canceled: No