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Academic Year 2005/2006

Plotting Marriage in African American Fiction
AFAM 318 SP

"Black love is black wealth," (Nikki Giovanni). Generally thought of as a convention of white domestic fiction, the marriage plot has received little attention from critics of African American literature. This course argues, however, that, like its European and Anglo-American counterparts, the African American novel has developed around the coupling convention. Focusing primarily on the novel, we will examine the ways in which African American writers, from William Wells Brown to Toni Morrison, have appropriated for their own political and literary purposes both the genre of the novel and the structure of the marriage plot.

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COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA AFAM    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): duCille,Ann    

Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM;     Location: FISK414;

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 25)

SR. major: 15   Jr. major: 10

SR. non-major: 0   Jr. non-major: 0   SO: 0   FR: 0

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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