AAST 343 - Langston Hughes and the Black Aesthetic

Next Offered: First Semester 2009
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR

Focusing in selected poetry, prose, and autobiography, this course will examine the international dimensions of Langston Hughes as writer and cultural critic. As a bridge between the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements, we will discuss his significant contributions to African Diasporic Literatures and to the development of an African Diasporic literary aesthetic.

Instructor: M. Gadsby