African-American Literature

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This is a survey of literature by African Americans from the vernacular to the days of slavery, through Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, Realism, Modernism, the Black Arts Movement and Neorealism to current contemporary authors. Students view African-American literature critically, theoretically, historically and politically. In addition, the course creates an understanding of how diversity and inclusion apply to literature in the context of the United States of America and the world.