| Course Title: Topics in Africana Studies: 'The Early African American Novel' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2023 End Date: 05/08/2023 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2023 |
| Description: This course tracks the beginnings of the African American novelistic tradition in the nineteenth century. The early African American novel had to contend with a number of other literary forms within its political and cultural context such as the slave narrative with its central claim to truth. We will consider: What is specific to the form of the novel? How does it differentiate itself from and even include other forms of writing and literature? What are the politics of the early African American novel in the era of slavery and abolition? We will examine how early novels by Black Americans imagine more emancipatory futures while also critiquing the unfreedom of the nineteenth century. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Alex Moskowitz | 413-538-2457 | amoskowitz@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2023 - 05/08/2023 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 217 | 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. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-254EN-01 Early African American Novel |
| AFCNA-241EN-01 Early African American Novel |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 9 | Available: 9 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Clotel; or, The President?s Daughter Author: Wells Brown, William Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780142437728 Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 14.00 |
| Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass & Incidents in the Life of a... Author: Douglass; Jacobs, Frederick; Harriet Copyright: 2004 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780345478238 Publisher: The Modern Library |
Required | 6.95 |
| Title: Our Nig Author: Wilson, Harriet Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780143105763 Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 12.00 |
| Title: The Garies and Their Friends Author: Webb, Frank J. Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781554811519 Publisher: Broadview Press |
Required | 21.95 |
| Title: Blake; or, the Huts of America Author: Delany, Martin Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780674088726 Publisher: Harvard University Press |
Required | 22.00 |
| Title: The Marrow of Tradition Author: Chesnutt, Charles Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780140186864 Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 16.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |