Spring 2010

AFR 374F • 1-AFR AM LIT THR HARL RENAIS-W

Course Description

A survey of African American writing, including autobiography, poetry, fiction, and drama. Authors may include Douglass, Jacobs, Frances E. W. Harper, Chestnutt, Du Bois, Hurston, and Hughes. Some topics partially fulfill legislative requirement for American history; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African American Studies 374 (Topic 2: African American Literature through the Harlem Renaissance), 374F (Topic 1), English 376M (Topic 1: African American Literature through the Harlem Renaissance). Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing. Contains a substantial writing component and fulfills part of the basic education requirement in writing. Designed to accommodate 35 or fewer students. Course number may be repeated for credit when the topics vary. SAME AS E 376R.

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