ENGLISH 43/143: Introduction to African American Literature (lecture)

Taught by: Arnold Rampersad

Fall Quarter, 2009-2010

MTWTh 10:00-10:50, Room: 200-030

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The slave narrative and representative genres (poetry, short stories, essays, novels). Works by Douglass, Jacobs, Chesnutt, Du Bois, Dunbar, Toomer, Hurston, Wright, Baldwin, and Morrison.

This course fulfills the following Major Requirements:

  • Brit. Lit. 1750-1900 or Am. Lit. before 1900
  • Hist. Period: Post 1900
  • Topic: Race and Ethnicity