ENG 57 - Contemporary African-American Women's

Institution:

Bristol Community College

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WritingStudents will read short stories, novels, autobiographies, speeches, essays, poems, memoirs, and plays by some of the most celebrated writers in the world today. In reading literature written in the past two decades by and about African American women, students will examine the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of African American women' s experiences. These writers-winners of National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, and Nobel Prizes for Literature-raise fundamental issues relevant to men and women of all races and ethnicities. The writings of Maya Angelou, Octavia Butler, Rita Dove, Audre Lorde, Terry McMillan, Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, and others will be explor ed. Prerequisi te: ENG 12 or permission of instructor. Three class hours a w eek.3 credits offered alternate Spring semeste

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

bristolcc.edu/

Phone Number:

(508) 678-2811

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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