Courses
ENG 398 Advanced Topics: Black Writers
This course offers the intensive exploration of a particular period, author, or genre in African American and/or global Black literature. Examples might include The Harlem Renaissance, Toni Morrison, South African Literature, Black Autobiography.
Distribution Area
Arts and Humanities
Credits
1 course
Spring Semester information
Deborah Geis398A: Advanced Topics:Black Arts Poetry 1965-1975
The period from about 1965 to 1975 was a crucial decade in African American politics, culture, and literature. During the Black Arts Movement, writers used their poetic voices to radicalize and transform awareness of racial injustices in the U.S. Indeed, contemporary Black activists, authors, and artists have drawn some of their inspiration from this era. In this course, we will focus on the urgency, wit, and innovation that informed the poetic work of such writers as the "Black Beats" (Amiri Baraka, Ted Joans, Bob Kaufman); the consciousness-raising Black feminists (June Jordan, Maya Angelou, Mari Evans, Nikki Giovanni); and the Black poets who foregrounded social inequities (Gwendolyn Brooks, Larry Neal, Etheridge Knight, Haki Madubuti). Since this is an "S" course, students will be expected to participate actively in discussions and presentations as well as writing papers.