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Apr 24, 2024
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EGL 233 - African-American Literature: Beginnings to 1900: Vision and Re-VisionCourse Units: 1 (Not Offered this Academic Year) (Offered twice every four years) This introductory survey course will trace African American movement towards literary and aesthetic mastery beginning with what Henry Louis Gates calls “oral writing.” Readings begin with the first known written poems and progress from slave narratives and autobiography to essays and fiction. Authors include Phillis Wheately, Harriet Jacobs, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Solomon Northup, Charles Chesnutt, W.E.B. Du Bois, among others. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: LCC, HUL, HUM
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