EN 216 - African American Literature II

Credit Hours: 3

A survey of Black literature in America and the African Diaspora from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. The course will focus on the influence of the Harlem Renaissance on North American religious traditions, social movements, and historical events.

Fulfills the following SUNY General Education categories: The Arts and Humanities.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

demonstrate familiarity with the periods and movements in African American literature, including the Harlem Renaissance, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism and Post-Modernism, including dates, works and authors;
demonstrate an ability through class discussion and written work to critically assess the Black Aesthetic, primarily through literature and related arts: music, dance, and art;
identify genres, subjects, patterns and themes characteristic of the Black experience in Africa, the Caribbean and America;
identify styles, devices, and techniques characteristic of African American literature;
demonstrate, through written work and class discussion, an ability to analyze the assigned texts through the conventions and methods of the humanities; and
demonstrate, through written work and class discussion, an understanding of the value of diversity and individual difference in an environment where individuals of different cultures, intellectual positions and lifestyles can reach their full potential through the promotion of mutual respect and cross-cultural understanding.

F/S (C,N,S)