ENG395T
African American Literary Criticism
English
BC
Subject code
ENG
Course Number
395T
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
S. Dillon
Course Long Title
African American Literary Criticism
Description
This seminar takes as its premise that black literature engages with and reflects parts of the world in which it is produced. In this course, students sort through the various conversations authors and critics have with each other. They read canonical authors and less well-known figures in an effort to tease out the nuance present in this body of work. Each text is paired with another in a form of dialogue. These exchanges are not set, so it is up to students to understand how the texts speak to each other. Literary criticism requires us to think through privilege, citizenship, capitalism, intraracial dynamics, gender and sexual dynamics, and political movements. The course theme may vary from year to year (e.g., disability, literature of the left, black queer studies).
Writing Credit
W2
GEC This Course Belongs To
-
Class Restriction
Exclude First Years