ENG 204: African American Literature

An introduction to the study of literature focusing on the works of African Americans in the United States. Special attention to major developments in form and themes, major writers and the evolution of an African American literary tradition. Introduction to issues of black literary theory and criticism. Each course will focus on a particular literary period such as: Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement and the Literature of Bondage and Freedom. Appropriate for first year students. Prerequisite of an Earlham Seminar or consent of the instructor. An additional one hour will be added. Also listed as AAAS 204.