Spring 2025

African American Literature

Course code: EN217-01 | CRN: 20352 | Credits: 3 | Seats: 4 / 22

This course runs from January 23, 2025 to May 13, 2025 on TR from 12:45 pm to 2:10 pm

This course is designed for the close study of fiction and non-fiction works by African American writers, including historical and theoretical foundational knowledge including but not limited to gender, race, and class. Students will read, analyze, and discuss literature from the beginning when enslaved African Americans began to tell their story through oral storytelling, folktales, song, and spiritual engagement. They will continue with literary works from Reconstruction, the rise of the New Negro, the Harlem Renaissance (including art, poetry, music & dance), modernism, and postmodernism with authentic and relevant primary source material.

Use this link to lookup course materials: Official Herkimer County Community College Textbooks

Instructor: Lisa Elwood-Farber

← Return to All English Courses