AAST 141 - The Heritage of Black American Literature

Next Offered: 2009-2010
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, CD

A survey of Black American literature from its inception in the 18th century to the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s. Phillis Wheatley, Jupiter Hammon, David Walker, Maria Stewart, and others up to DuBois and Anna Julia Cooper, including related slave songs, sermons, spirituals, blues, slave narratives and other folk expressions. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 35.
Instructor: M. Gadsby
Prerequisites & Notes
Note: Preference for declared majors and department credit students.