ENGL 055 : Afro-American Lit From 1940

Explore representative texts from the African American literary tradition in a mostly historical/chronological order. Study key units and ideas from the African American literary tradition after 1940 through a study of works that think about, describe, create, resist, defy, and/or break variousboundaries. Through lectures, readings, and other assignments, understand the development of African American literary production from the beginning of the 1940s to the present era.