Studies in African American Literature (366-0-20)

Topic

Af Am Writers of the 20th & 21st C

Instructors

Lauren Michele Jackson

Meeting Info

University Hall 418: Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

This course introduces major authors and writers of the African American literary canon from the 1900s to the present. Among a diverse range of literary production—sci-fi stories to protest novels, sonnets, film criticism, and personal essay—we will think about what it has meant for black writers to work towards a literature to call their own and how the artistic and conceptual goals of African American literature have changed against the backdrop of evolving rights and attitudes across the 20th century and into our contemporary moment. Possible authors include: Charles W. Chesnutt, Pauline Hopkins, Langston Hughes, George Schuyler, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, Toni Morrison, and Percival Everett.

Class Attributes

Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area
U.S. Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity