ENG 23100 — African-American Literature I
This course is the first half of the basic survey in African American literature (18 th and 19 th centuries). We will read works of nonfiction (biography, essay, memoir, and/or autobiography), poetry, drama, and fiction in order to explore United States of America history and the development of the African American literary tradition. Writers include Equiano, Jacobs, Douglass, Wheatley, Brown, Harper and Dunbar.
Prerequisites: ENG 10100, ENG 10300, ENG 10200, ENG 10400