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AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
(Fully Online)
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
(Fully Online)
Complete
online orientation in BConline starting Monday, August 26 13th, 12:00 am
by Friday, August 30, 5:00 p.m. Students not completing online
orientation by that date and time will be dropped from the course.
Welcome to African American Literature! Literature gives readers the opportunity to view the lifestyle, beliefs, and cultures of a group of people. African Americans have been at the forefront of many movements in America since the Africans were brought over on slave ships. Studying the works of African Americans will help readers see the joy, sorrow, dedication, betrayal, love, and triumphs of a group of people who have often been marginalized. This course promises to take students on a journey to see how literature chronicles the shaping of a people.
Course Description
Students will be introduced to works that represent diverse African American literature since 1746. Texts may be selected from major authors such as Angelou, Douglass, Hughes, Hurston, King, and Truth. Upon successful completion of the course, students will understand the significant concepts, contexts, movements, figures, and works of African American literature since 1746.
Students will be introduced to works that represent diverse African American literature since 1746. Texts may be selected from major authors such as Angelou, Douglass, Hughes, Hurston, King, and Truth. Upon successful completion of the course, students will understand the significant concepts, contexts, movements, figures, and works of African American literature since 1746.
This course will examine fiction and poetry that has attempted to shift African American experience from the literary margins into a place of undeniable cultural prominence. This course attempts to answer the question: How does an African American writer articulate African American identity?
Methods of Instruction
Methods of Instruction
This is a 3 credit hour course that meets fully online for 16 weeks. You will engage in structured online activities. The course will include online discussions, reading responses, and final assessment. Once the course begins, you will have access to a course schedule for a detailed description of learning activities and assignments. Students are responsible for regularly reviewing the course schedule and completing all required in and out of class assignments.
General Course Outcomes
- The student shall learn literary concepts and techniques and apply them to the study of movements and figures of African American literature since 1746 and the contexts from which they emerge.
- The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of African American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published between 1746 and 1865 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent the Colonial period and the Antebellum period (among others): Douglass, Equiano, Harper, Jacobs, Truth, Walker, Wheatley, or Wilson.
- The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of African American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published between 1865 and 1940 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent the Reconstruction period and the Harlem Renaissance and may include (among others): Chesnut, Cullen, du Bois, Dunbar, Hurston, Hughes, Johnson, Larsen, Locke, McKay, Paul, Washington, or West.
- The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published since 1940 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent the Protest Movement, Black Aesthetics Movement, or Neorealism and may include (among others) Angelou, Baldwin, Baraka, Ellison, Gaines, Garvey, Hansberry, King, Malcolm X, Morrison, Walker, or Wright.
- The students shall be able to write a structured paper that incorporates research and engages in an analysis of the literary movement, author, or text(s) within African American literature since 1746.
Required Materials
- African American Literature customized reader through Broward College Bookstore. ISBN 9781121876859
Recommended Text
- A Writer's Reference 7th Edition by Diana Hacker ISBN-13: 978-1457605307 ISBN-10: 1457605309
