ENGL 224 - African American Literature II

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Western New England University

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Prerequisite: Sophomore standing, two courses in English writing with grades of "C"or better. An introduction to African American literature from the era of Reconstruction to the present, covering poetry, fiction, drama, and nonfiction prose such as memoirs, sermons, speeches. The cultural context of literary periods will be explored. The course will cover such authors as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. This course satisfies. Area I Literature requirement for Arts and Sciences students. 3 cr.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wne.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 782-3111

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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