African American Autobiography
AFAM 312
Fall 2014 not offered
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Crosslisting:
ENGL 307 |
This course will examine the genre of African American autobiography, from slave narratives to contemporary memoirs. What makes this genre distinctive, and how do its individual narratives (that is, the narratives of individual African Americans) relate to--or create--a larger literary tradition? How do writers retrospectively confront the knotty issues of family, identity, geography, and memory (or "re-memory," to borrow a phrase from Toni Morrison)? We will consider a range of first-person narratives and their representations of race, of space, of migration, and of violence, as well as the historical circumstances that inform these representations. |
Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AFAM |
Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Maya Angelou, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS Edwidge Danticat, BROTHER, I'M DYING Frederick Douglass, NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS Zora Neale Hurston, DUST TRACKS ON A ROAD Harriet Jacobs, INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL James Weldon Johnson, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN Chris Rock, ROCK THIS! Booker T. Washington, UP FROM SLAVERY John Edgar Wideman, BROTHERS AND KEEPERS Richard Wright, BLACK BOY Malcolm X, AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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Examinations and Assignments: Two medium-length essays One 10-15 minute in-class presentation Weekly response assignments |
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