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Dec 06, 2024
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Spring 2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EN 215 - African American Literature Credit Hours: 3
A survey of African-American literature from its inception to the present. The course will give attention to the influence of the African oral tradition and other pre-colonial cultural elements on subsequent African-American literature. The impact on African-American literature of North American religious traditions, social movements, and historical events will be a key component.
Fulfills the following SUNY General Education categories:
Course Outcomes Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate familiarity with the major genres relative to the Black experiences in Africa, the Caribbean and America;
- demonstrate understanding of the major traditions and themes in African-American literature, from the early oral tradition to the present;
- characterize the periods and movements in African-American literature, including African roots, Colonial protests, Abolitionist Writings, Harlem Renaissance, and modernism; and
- write analytically about assigned texts.
Cycles (C, N)
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