ENG 224 - African-American and Black Literature

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Through a study of selected works from African-American and Black Diasporic writers of the novel, short story, drama, autobiography and poetry, students will engage in an exploration of Black authors in the United States and globally. This course will address the diversity of Black communities as they encounter concepts like Black Womanhood and Black Masculinities, Black Joy, Class, Colorism, Black Sexualities and queerness, Disability, Misogynoir, Black Migrations and movements toward Social Justice in resistance to antiblackness highlighting the connections between present and past cultural issues impacting Black communities.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102