Survey of African-American Literature I

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3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s) This course is the study of prose, poetry, and drama by American authors of African ancestry from the 18th century to the turn of the 20th century. Students will explore African-American literature, tracing its origins through the Diaspora and the period of slavery in America to the beginning of the 20th century. Important movements, authors, and works will be examined in both a literary and historical sense so that an understanding and knowledge of the Black experience through its literature may be acquired.