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Course Outline
ENGL 212
African-American Literature
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| Credits: 3 |
Clock Hours per Quarter: 30
AA Discipline: [Humanities]
Lecture Hours:30
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Description
Focuses on the study of major African-American writers. Formerly LIT 212. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
Identify the primary function of narrative in all literature; to craft a meaning and context for our lives
Demonstrate an understanding of the historical development of African American Literature from slave narratives to contemporary literature that focuses on the African American experience
Demonstrate an awareness of the racism, slavery experience, and search for equality that accompanies African American Literature
Demonstrate an awareness of the oral traditions in African American Literature, especially in spirituals, sermons, gospel, blues, and rap music
Explore in reading, discussion and writing at least one classic writer from the Harlem Renaissance period (for example, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston)
Explore in reading, writing and discussion at least one classic writer from the Civil Rights Era (for example, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, and/or Gwendolyn Brooks)
Explore in reading, writing and discussion at least one contemporary African American writer (for example, Alice Walker and/or Toni Morrison)
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*If fall quarter starts on an odd year (2003, 2005, etc.), it's Year One.
**If fall quarter starts on an even year (2002, 2004, etc.), it's Year Two.
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