Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers
AFAM 230
Fall 2012
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 231, AMST 282 |
Nineteenth-century African American women writers crafted bold, nuanced, and insightful works of literature and sophisticated narrative critiques of literature, culture, and history. Our discussions will focus on how writers such as Julia Collins, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charlotte Forten, Frances Harper, Pauline Hopkins, Susan Paul, Nancy Prince, and Maria Stewart shaped the early African American literary canon. We will consider how these writers imagined or re-presented African American identity and presence and how they addressed emerging new American identities and histories. We will also consider how these writers attended to and complicated the tensions between "sentimental" idealism and political pragmatism, restrictive domesticity and dangerous autonomy, and passionless femininity and expressed sexuality. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Julia Collins, THE CURSE OF CASTE
Alice Dunbar-Nelson, THE GOODNESS OF ST. ROCQUE
Charlotte Forten, THE JOURNALS OF CHARLOTTE FORTEN
Frances Harper, IOLA LEROY
Pauline Hopkins, THE MAGAZINE NOVELS
Susan Paul, MEMOIR OF JAMES JACKSON
Nancy Prince, A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF NANCY PRINCE
Maria Stewart, AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK WOMAN POLITICAL WRITER
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short weekly reading commentaries, three 3-5 page papers, and one 7-10 page final essay. |
| Instructor(s): Brown,Lois Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: CAAS CONF; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 24 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 15 | FR: 5 |
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