Black Power and the Modern Narrative of Slavery
ENGL 324
Spring 2025
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 324, AMST 334 |
The historical moment immediately after the Civil Rights and Black Power movements saw an explosion of African American writing about slavery. In the past half-century, black writers wrote award-winning novels that gave unprecedented attention to the intricacies of the life of people who are enslaved and to slavery as a system that they suggested could help us better understand late-20th-century American culture. We will read some of the most important works written by contemporary African American writers to see how and why they transformed the first autobiographical form for black writers--the slave narrative--into a fictional form that has served them as they dissect their own cultural moment. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFAM-MN)(AFAM)(AMST)(ENGL)(HRAD-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
David Bradley, CHANEYSVILLE INCIDENT, Octavia Butler, KINDRED, Frederick Douglass, NARRATIVE, Charles Johnson, MIDDLE PASSAGE, Charles Johnson, OXHERDING TALE, Gayl Jones, CORREGIDORA, Toni Morrison, BELOVED, Ishmael Reed, FLIGHT TO CANADA, Sherley Anne Williams, DESSA ROSE
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Examinations and Assignments:
2 4-page essays, 1-12 page research paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to the fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: American Literature, Literary History 3, elective. |
| Instructor(s): Rushdy,Ashraf Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: CAAS LOUNG; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 7 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 3 | FR: X |
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