AML 2600 - Survey of African American Literature

Credit Hours: 3.0
Prerequisite(s): ENC1101 with C and ENC1102 with C
Corequisite(s): None
African American Literature will focus on significant writings of Black Americans from 1760 to the present, including those now considered part of the Western canon. The course introduces students to a variety of authors, genres, periods, emphasizing the development, continuities, and discontinuities within the African American literary tradition. The course will pay special attention to the ways African American literature intertextualizes elements of the vernacular tradition (spirituals, folktales, blues/jazz) and its own immediate past. In addition, the course focuses on issues of fictional representation of the Black experience, including issues of heritage and the idea of the African diaspora. Readings are arranged so that students can trace the development of various genres, styles, themes, and images. This course meets the definition of a writing-intensive course (State BOE Rule 6A-10.030).
Parallel: College Transfer (A.A. and A.S)