AAL 223 - African-American Literature

Institution:

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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Description:

3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of the writing of African Americans from colonial times to the present, with special attention to infl uential African-American writers such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Toomer, Hughes, Wright, Brooks, Ellison, Baldwin, Baraka and Malcolm X. Readings in novels, plays, autobiographies, short stories, poems, folktales and essays will explore a wide range of African-American aesthetic responses to life in the United States. Prerequisites: ENG 101, and ENG 102 or ENG 201

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jjay.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 237-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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