Richard Wright and Company
ENGL 321
Spring 2014 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 317 |
This course offers an in-depth consideration of the work and career of Richard Wright, perhaps the defining figure in 20th-century African American literature, and seeks to understand Wright's interactions with a wide array of mentors, proteges, and enemies. By placing Wright amid the network of supporters and detractors who surrounded him, we will gain a deepened understanding of Wright's development and a useful map of 20th-century African American literary expression. Writers to be covered in the course may include, along with Wright, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Margaret Walker, Horace Cayton, Chester Himes, and Gwendolyn Brooks. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
James Baldwin, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Gwendolyn Brooks, Maud Martha, Selected Poems
Ralph Ellison, INVISIBLE MAN
Langston Hughes, NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER
Zora Neale Hurston, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
Lawrence Jackson, THE INDIGNANT GENERATION
Margaret Walker, JUBILLEE
John A. Williams, THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM
Richard Wright, BLACK BOY, NATIVE SON, TWELVE MILLION BLACK VOICES, UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN
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Examinations and Assignments:
Several short essays (3-5 pp), and a critical essay (8-12 pp) making use of published criticism and scholarship |
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