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ENG240 AFR-AM LIT T'40 | 3 - Credit Hours

EnglishArts & Sciences

Subject Code

ENG

Course Number

240

Department(s)

Academic Level (Course Level)

Undergraduate

Course Title

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940

Course Description

African American slave narratives, poetry, fiction, essays, and drama from the eighteenth century to 1940; the influence of spirituals, gospel, blues, jazz, sermons, and folktales on African American writing; the Harlem renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s; and the development of African American revolutionary thought. Offered fall only.

Course Types

Diversity, IF14;, Diversity, GE23;, Diversity, GE2K;, Diversity, GEC;, Diversity, IF;, Humanities, IF14;, Humanities, GE23;, Humanities, GE2KA;, Humanities, GE2KB;, Humanities, GEC;, Humanities, IF;

Credit Hours Min

3

Lecture Hours Min

3