African-American Literature
ENGL-2376

Significant contributions to African-American literature from Colonial times to the present.

Offered: Fall, Spring

Communication:

1. Writing:  Students will apply the writing skills in English 1301 and 1302 (clear introductions, main body paragraphs, conventional use of grammar and style) to writing about literature.
   1. Using their reading and/or research, students will compose critical/analytical essays with a clear thesis and introduction.
   2. Using their reading and/or research, students will compose critical/analytical essays with organized supporting paragraphs.
   3. Students will use the standard conventions of English grammar and punctuation and write clear and efficient sentences.
   4. Students will maintain a style and persona appropriate for a particular purpose and audience
2. Oral or visual communication: Students will present clear, salient, and supported oral/visual speeches/demonstrations. And/or students will discuss group or class topics. 

 Critical Thinking Through essays, students will analyze literary works.

Social Responsibility Outcome:  In written responses (preferably complete essays), presentations, discussions (online or face to face) students will illustrate an understanding of social, cultural, historical, scientific or technological forces that stimulated literature in one or more literary movements or periods. 

Personal Responsibility Outcome:  In written responses (preferably complete essays), presentations, discussions (online or face to face), and potentially in the same response used to measure “social responsibility,” students will illustrate an understanding of the complexities of personal choice or the role of the individual within his or her social and cultural environment—as evidenced in at least one literary work. 

Required Texts

∞ Norton Anthology of African-American Literature (Third Edition—Two volumes), Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Valerie Smith, ISBN-13: 978-0-393-91155-8

∞ Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, ISBN-13: 978-0525541912