AFRICANA STUDIES 460 - Invisible Man and Its Contexts

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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This course is a seminar focusing on a close reading and analysis of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. Ellison's novel is a pivotal work in the study of AfricanAmerican culture because it draws upon many aspects of the AfricanAmerican experience-history, music, politics, etc., and poses fundamental questions about identity and the nature of American democracy. It also has the distinction of coining one of the enduring tropes of racial discourse-invisibility. Prerequisite: ALST 225, HIST 227, HIST 228, or equivalent. (Jimén

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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