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Oct 10, 2025
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ENG 257 - African American Literature II: Meaning of the Veil and African American Identity
Description
Debates about the purpose, scope, and subject of black literature and culture have spanned the New Negro Renaissance, the Black Freedom Movement, the Black Arts Movement, and #BlackLivesMatter. Should black literary works establish distinctive forms or should they adhere to established Anglo-European forms? Is African American literature written for white readers or for readers of color? How can black literature be read through critical lenses largely shaped by predominantly white institutions? In what ways are black literature and the idea of black culture sutured to or separated from the material realities of anti-black racism? In this course, which considers literature written by black writers in the United States from Reconstruction to the present, we will probe important developments in the history of the United States and ask how black literary works have been received. Major figures include Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Toni Morrison, and Octavia Butler. Meets post-1800 requirement for the English major. Same as AFS/AMS/WGS257.
Credits: 1
Course Attribute(s):
HUMA Gen Ed: Humanities Requirement
Major:Women’s,Gender,Sexuality
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