AAS 210 - African American Literature I

Institution:

Ohio University-Main Campus

Subject:

African American Studies

Description:

Prereq: AAS 110 OR TIER I ENG. First course of 2-qtr survey of African American literature. Covers period from about 1760 to end of Harlem Renaissance. Focuses on such writers as Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, and writers of Harlem Renaissance--Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston. Folk literature and other materials important to an understanding of African American literary tradition will be included. 2H

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ohio.edu

Phone Number:

(740) 593-1000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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