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CS92PROD
Contemporary African American Narratives of Slavery
ENGL 324
Spring 2009 not offered
Crosslisting: AFAM 324, AMST 334

In this course, we will primarily be concerned with examining in some detail the recent proliferation of African American fiction about slavery. After a preliminary study of some notable antebellum slave narratives, we will discuss the three major forms of representing slavery in contemporary narratives of slavery: historical novels set in the antebellum South; novels set in late 20th-century America but tracing modern social relations within an explicit representation of the slave experience; and contemporary rewritings of antebellum slave narrative forms and conventions. The three major topics students should be engaged in to prepare for this seminar are the historiography of American chattel slavery, the slave narrative as political and literary representation, and contemporary African American literary history and theory.

Essential Capabilities: None
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL
Course Format: SeminarGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: ENGL201 OR [AFAM202 or ENGL240]
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AFAM-MN)(AFAM)(AMST)(ENGL)(HRAD-MN)

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