| Course Title: Contemporary African American Literature II |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: This course will examine African American literature and culture in the postwar period as American identities are coalescing around the concept of the US as a world power. Specifically, our task during the semester will be to discuss the myriad ways black authors and artists attempt to interrogate the structure of racial hegemony by creating poetry and prose meant to expand notions of culture and form. We will also examine music, visual art, and advertisements from this era to have a greater sense of the black experience through various cultural representations. Writers will include James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellison, Michael S. Harper and bell hooks. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Kimberly Brown | kimbrown@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 01:30PM - 02:45PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 203 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFRAM0001 | AFRAM: African concentration | This course has been approved to count towards the concentration in African Studies within the African & African-American Studies major and minor. |
| AFRAM0002 | AFRAM: African American concentration | This course has been approved to count towards the concentration in African American Studies within the African & African-American Studies major and minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-251-01 Contemp. African Amer. Lit II |
| AFCNA-251-01 Contemp. African Amer. Lit II |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 25 | Enrollment: 22 | Available: 3 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |