ENGL 176 - African American Fiction

Institution:

Simmons University

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Description:

Explores thematic concerns and literary conventions that characterize African-American fiction. Covers literature by ex-slaves like Douglass, Wilson, Brown and Gronniosaw, postbellum writers like Harris, Chesnutt and Washington, Harlem Renaissance figures like Toomer, Du. Bois and Hurston, and more contemporary writers like Wright, Baldwin, Ellison, Griffin, Walker and Reed.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.simmons.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 521-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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