Fall 2023 English GU4619 section 001

AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE I

AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATU

Call Number 11911
Day & Time
Location
TR 2:40pm-3:55pm
516 Hamilton Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Robert G O'Meally
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description (Lecture). This lecture course is intended as the first half of the basic survey in African-American literature. By conducting close readings of selected song lyrics, slave narratives, fiction, poetry, and autobiography, we will focus on major writers in the context of cultural history. In so doing, we will explore the development of the African- American literary tradition. Writers include, but are not limited to, Wheatley, Equiano, Douglass, Jacobs, Harper, Dunbar, Chestnutt, Washington, Du Bois, and Larsen. Course requirements: class attendance, an in-class midterm exam, a five-page paper, and a final exam.
Web Site Vergil
Department English and Comparative Literature
Enrollment 24 students (54 max) as of 12:07PM Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Subject English
Number GU4619
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Campus Morningside
Section key 20233ENGL4619W001