AFAM225

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AFAM225

Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison and John Wideman AFAM225 SP

Crosslistings: WMST224, ENGL222

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       44      44         0
  02       16      12         4

This course examines the work of four major African American writers. Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston were major figures in the Harlem Renaissance and beyond. Morrison and Wideman continue to produce major fiction in the modern era. We will examine the writers and their work, paying particular attention to issues of gender, family, community, sexuality and the literary politics effecting African American writers.

MAJOR READINGS

Hughes: COLLECTED POEMS, THE WAYS OF WHITE
FOLKS, THE BEST OF SIMPLE, NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER
Hurston: STORIES, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, SERAPH ON
THE SUWANEE
Morrison: THE BLUEST EYE, THE SONG OF SOLOMON, BELOVED
Wideman: SENT FOR YOU YESTERDAY, DAMBALLA, FIRE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

There will be four five-page papers.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Pemberton, G; Times: M.W.... 8:30AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given
Section 02: Pemberton, G; Times: M...... 1:10PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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