ENGL 5610 - Studies in Early African-American Literature and Culture

3 hours

Explores the beginnings of African-American cultural and literary expression during the 18th and 19th centuries. Covers major authors such as Phyllis Wheatley, Olaudah Equiano, William Wells Brown, Harriet Jacobs, Frederick Douglass, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington and Charles Chesnutt. Possible topics of study include theology, Constitutional law, antebellum slave and Southern culture, transatlantic abolition movements, Reconstruction, migration and nationalism.

Prerequisite(s): None.

May be repeated for credit as topics vary.