ENGLISH 3413 - African-American Literary Criticism

Institution:

Temple University

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Description:

This course is designed to give students a basic background in the foundation of African-American literary criticism. While the late 1970s mark the beginning of an exodus of Black academicians trained as literary critics, most of the critics of African-American literature before the 1970s were creative writers, such as W.E.B. DuBois, Alain Locke and Langston Hughes. This course will begin by exploring the fiction, poetry and critical essays by these and other writers. This work will function as a background for an examination of the works of poets from the Black Arts Movement. We shall also give attention to Black feminist scholarship, and the course will end with an analysis of African-American post-structuralist literary theorists such as Henry Lois Gates, Jr.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ENGLISH 2097 (W100)

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

WWW.TEMPLE.EDU

Phone Number:

(215) 204-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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