Love and Marriage in Modern Black Fiction
AFAM 318
Fall 2013 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 352 |
Much like its Anglo-American counterpart, the African American novel has developed around the marriage plot, with love as its "subject par excellence." This seminar examines the ways in which black writers, from Nella Larsen and Jean Toomer to Alice Walker and Andrea Levy, have appropriated and revised both the genre of the novel and the structure of the marriage plot, often exposing how racism and sexism complicate the marriage convention. We will also explore critically the difference between literary and popular fiction and what it means that a number of these love stories have found their way to television and film. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AFAM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Baldwin, GIOVANNI'S ROOM
Gaines, OF LOVE AND DUST
Hurston, SERAPH ON THE SUWANEE
Jones, CORREGIDORA
McMillan, DISAPPEARING ACTS
Marshall, BROWN GIRL, BROWNSTONES
Morrison, TAR BABY
Shockley, LOVING HER
Toomer, CANE
Walker, IN LOVE & TROUBLE
West, THE LIVING IS EASY
Wilson, FENCES
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short essays based on the required reading; mid-term and final examinations. |
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