ENG 0232 - SUR. AFRICAN AMERICAN LIT. TO 1900

Institution:

Rosemont College

Subject:

Description:

A study of the writers who have enriched and illuminated the American literary experience from the perspective of African-American writers from its earliest inception to 1900. Poetry, slave narratives, autobiographies, speeches, short and long fiction, and the vernacular tradition in its myriad forms will be studied in conjunction with social, political, and religious movements of the time. Representative authors will include Olaudah Equiana, Phyllis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglas, Booker T. Washington among others.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.rosemont.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 527-0200

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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