Writing on the Land of Freedom: The Pastoral in African American Literature
AFAM 252
Spring 2018 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 255 |
| Course Cluster: Urban Studies |
Landscape figures prominently and powerfully in the African American literary imagination. Writers have crafted evocative meditations on the natural world as they grapple with sobering realities of life, dramatic assertions of self, and transformative historical moments. This course will consider African American literary invocations of idealized, mythological, sacred, and knowable land and move toward a delineation of the African American pastoral aesthetic and tradition. We will read novels, poems, short stories, essays, letters, and journal entries by writers such as David Bradley, Charles Chesnutt, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, Charlotte Forten Grimké, Zora Neale Hurston, Randall Kenan, Victoria Earle Matthews, Gloria Naylor, and Marilyn Nelson. |
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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: (AMST) |
Major Readings:
David Bradley, THE CHANEYSVILLE INCIDENT
Charles Chestnutt, HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS AND SELECTED SHORT FICTION
Lucille Clifton, BLESSING THE BOATS
Rita Dove, MOTHER LOVE
Charlotte Forten Grimké, THE JOURNAL OF CHARLOTTE FORTEN
Zora Neale Hurston, SELECTED LETTERS
Randall Kenan, LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD and WALKING ON WATER
Victoria Earle Matthews, "Aunt Lindy" and selected writings
Gloria Naylor, MAMA DAY
Marilyn Nelson, CARVER: A LIFE IN POEMS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Writing assignments for the course include weekly reading, three 5-7 page essays and one 12-15 page final essay. |
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