May 14, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog - SCCC & Day Students 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog - SCCC & Day Students [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENGL 339 - African American Literature 1940-Present


Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: FSWI 101  or ENGL 111    
A survey of African American poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction from 1940 to the present, with emphasis on significant literary developments such as the Protest Movement, the Black Arts Movement, Neorealism, and the New Black Aesthetic. Authors studied may include Wright, Ellison, Hansberry, Angelou, Walker, Wilson, Morrison, and Shange.