ENG 3034 - a Survey of African American Literature

Institution:

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

Subject:

English

Description:

3 hours; 3 credits This course charts the development of African American literature from the 18th century to the present in the context of the complex dynamic of resistance and collaboration that helped to shape the culture, politics, creative imagination, and self-identities of African Americans. Beginning with slave narratives, the course proceeds to an analysis of representative texts from the large body of early poetry and fiction (including Wheatley, Horton, Dunbar, Wilson); from the Harlem Renaissance canon (Hughes, McKay, Cullen, Larsen, Fauset, Hurston); and from realistic, naturalistic, and modernist works by such writers as Wright, Baldwin, Marshall, and Morrison. Prerequisite: ENG 2150 or ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850 or departmental permission.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.baruch.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(646) 312-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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