ENGL 479 - AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE

3 Credit Hour(s)
A study of developments in African American literature, with an emphasis on historical and cultural backgrounds. Emphasizes such writers as Wheatley, Harper, Walker, Douglass, Washington, Dunbar, Chesnutt, Du Bois, Hughes, McKay, Toomer, Larsen, Hurston, Wright, Ellison, Brooks, Angelou, Baldwin, Giovanni, and Morrison. Three hours of lecture.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of sophomore English requirement