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Topics in African American Literature: Charles Chesnutt and Pauline Hopkins ENGL 331 Fall 2018 not offered This course is meant to introduce students to an understudied period in African American literary history--the 1890s--and to two relatively understudied writers from that period--Charles Chesnutt and Pauline Hopkins. It is meant to broaden the reach of African American literary studies at Wesleyan. Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Course Format: Discussion Grading Mode: Graded Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None Fulfills a Requirement for: None Major Readings: Chesnutt, Charles, STORIES NOVELS AND ESSAYS (Library of America, 2002); Hopkins, Pauline, CONTENDING FORCES: A ROMANCE ILLUSTRATIVE OF NEGRO LIFE NORTH AND SOUTH (Oxford University Press, 1988); THE MAGAZINE NOVELS OF PAULINE HOPKINS (Oxford University Press, 1988); DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION: THE MAJOR NONFICTION WORKS OF PAULINE E. HOPKINS, Ed., Ira Dworkin (Rutgers University Press, 2007) Logan, Rayford, THE BETRAYAL OF THE NEGRO, FROM RUTHERFORD B. HAYES TO WOODROW WILSON (Da Capo, 1997). Examinations and Assignments: 2 short essays (4-6 pages), 1 long research paper (10-12 pages). Additional Requirements and/or Comments: This course fulfills the English Department's Literatures of Difference requirement for the major and contributes to the American Literature and Race & Ethnicity concentrations.

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