ENGL2013 — African American Literature
ENGL 2013 - African American Literature ENGL 2013 - African American Literature Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab na Internship hours per week na Course Description: This college course intended for all students explores and analyzes African American Literature. The course focuses on various expressions of individual and human values and explores the historical and ongoing dynamics of racism and unequal power relations between African Americans and other groups, both individually and institutionally, within America and American literature. Typical authors may include Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Langston Hughes, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, and Kiese Laymon. MnTC Goals Goal 6 Goal 7B Major Content demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in African American literature. articulate an informed personal response to literary works in African American literature by gathering relevant, accurate and fair information. analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts, and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry in order to critical respond to literary works in African American literature. analyze and evaluate the development and changing meaning of African American identities in United States’ history and culture in literary works. Learning
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052