AFAM 312 - African American Autobiography

Institution:

Wesleyan University

Subject:

African American Studies

Description:

This course will examine the genre of African American autobiography, from slave narratives to contemporary memoirs. What makes this genre distinctive, and how do its individual narratives (that is, the narratives of individual African Americans) relate to-or create-a larger literary tradition? How do writers retrospectively confront the knotty issues of family, identity, geography, and memory (or "re-memory," to borrow a phrase from Toni Morrison)? We will consider a range of first-person narratives and their representations of race, of space, of migration, and of violence, as well as the historical circumstances that inform these representations.

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wesleyan.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 685-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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