Course details

Name: ENGL - 501

Title: SEMINAR IN AMERICAN LITERATURE

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2021

Credits: 3

Description:
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural and intellectual movement of black artists and writers in the 1920s. Centered in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, the movement had a global reach and defined a new era in African American cultural history. Authors to be studied may include Dunbar-Nelson, Du Bois, Fauset, Hurston, Hughes, Larsen, Locke, McKay, and Toomer. Works will be analyzed from sociohistorical and cultural perspectives, with an emphasis on gender and racial identity. Class presentations and a seminar research paper will be required. Synchronous online.



Last updated on 2020-09-10 By Knight Melinda (knightm)

Schedule: Tuesday From 4:00 pm To 6:30 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Any Literature (1e)
• Other American (TE 1d)
• Post-1900 (1d)
• Ethnic Studies (3b)
• Women and Gender Studies (3c)
• Graduate (BA/MA)

Teaching Faculty: Knight Melinda (knightm)

Is course canceled: No