ENGL 369 - African American Literature

Institution:

Widener University-Main Campus

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Description:

This course explores the African American literary tradition from its beginnings in the 18th century to the present day. Students cover a variety of genres, periods, and topics, including the slave narrative, local color and regionalist fiction, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Black Arts movement. Along the way, they consider recurring aesthetic and political questions that continue to shape African American writing. Representative writers include Frederick Douglass, Phillis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Toni Morrison. 3 semester hours

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.widener.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 499-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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