ENGL 231 - African -American Literature

Institution:

University of Richmond

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Description:

Survey of major works of African-American literature with attention to oral traditional contexts. Prerequisite(s): English 103 with a grade of C or better or exemption. General Education Requirement: (FSLT) Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This course introduces students to a selected body of writings by African Americans from the colonial period to the present. The class looks at varied forms, including the traditional genres (novels, poems, plays, short stories, essays), slave narratives, and oral forms (narratives and performance pieces, such as political speeches, sermons, songs, etc.). Some attention is given to distinctive and persistent elements of style in the Black tradition (oral and written), such as double vision, masking, signifying, wit, irony, verbal play, and all the complex area of language (voice/silence, metaphors, rhythms, idioms, dialect, etc., etc.).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.richmond.edu

Phone Number:

(804) 289-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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