Black Power and the Modern Narrative of Slavery
ENGL 324Z
Winter 2025
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 324Z, AMST 334Z |
The historical moment immediately after the Civil Rights and Black Power movements saw an explosion of African American writing about slavery. In the past half-century, black writers wrote award-winning novels that gave unprecedented attention to the intricacies of the life of people who are enslaved and to slavery as a system that they suggested could help us better understand late-20th-century American culture. We will read some of the most important works written by contemporary African American writers to see how and why they transformed the first autobiographical form for black writers -- the slave narrative -- into a fictional form that has served them as they dissect their own cultural moment. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFAM-MN)(AFAM)(AMST)(ENGL) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Octavia Butler, KINDRED; Charles Johnson, OXHERDING TALE; Charles Johnson, MIDDLE PASSAGE; Gayl Jones, CORREGIDORA; Toni Morrison, BELOVED; Ishmael Reed, FLIGHT TO CANADA; Sherley Anne Williams, DESSA ROSE
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Examinations and Assignments:
You will be required to write three short papers for this course, each about 2 pages, and then a final essay of about 5-6 pages. The first paper is due on the first day the class meets, January 7th, the second on January 13th, the third on January 20th, and the final paper a week after class ends, on January 27th. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is scheduled to be held online. All Winter Session students should expect some readings and assignments to be due during winter break, prior to the beginning of Winter Session class meetings. Syllabi for Winter Session courses will be posted to https://www.wesleyan.edu/wintersession/courses.html as soon as they are available. |
| Instructor(s): Rushdy,Ashraf Times: .MTWRF. 10:00AM-02:00PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 10 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 8 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 1 | FR: 1 |
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