AFAS 3838 - African American Poetry From 1950-Present

Institution:

Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

Beginning with the year in which Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize, we examine the tradition of African-American poetry and the ways in which that tradition is constantly revising itself and being revised from the outside. We focus in particular on the pressures of expectation-in terms of such identity markers as race, gender, and sexuality-and how those pressures uniquely and increasingly affect African-American poetry today.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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