Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Recommended Prerequisite: WRTG 2010.
Requirement Designation:
Diversity
Description
Important writers of African American literary tradition from 18th century to 1930, beginning with African folklore and ending with works produced during Harlem Renaissance. Wheatley, Walker, Douglass, Dunbar, Washington, DuBois, McKay, Hughes, Larsen, Hurston, and others. Works and writers approached in relation to the cultural, social, and historical background from which they emerged.