LIT 230 - African- American Women Writers

Institution:

Wheelock College

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Description:

Studies fiction of African-American women writers and its impact on American literary tradition. Includes personal narratives of slave women and progresses to novels of contemporary writers. Examines strategies of self-construction to affirm African-American womanhood. May include Harriet Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker. Satisfies General Education Literature requirement; satisfies College Multicultural requirement. Intermediate.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wheelock.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 879-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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