| |
Oct 30, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
AFH 528 - Contemporary Black Literature and Cultural Criticism
This course introduces students to some of the major contemporary literary and cultural theorists from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries (Fanon, Baker, Christian, Gilroy, Mercer, Morrison, Gates, Patterson, CLR James, etc). Earlier scholars from the nineteenth century such as Anna Julia Cooper or Du Bois will also be referenced. Through an examination of major literary and cultural movements such as Negritude, the Caribbean Artists Movement, The Black Arts Movement, and the Post- Black Artists Movement, students will gain insight into how black scholars both critique and contribute to the artistic, political, and social discourse of the day. An application of Postcolonial, Feminist/Womanist, and Cultural Criticism will aid the students in their reading of the critical materials.
3 credits
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
Offered Offered Fall alternate years
Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)
|
|