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AAST 247 - Black Popular Literature


Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR
This Course will examine the emergence of African American popular literature, or literature that exists outside of the widely accepeted canon and will examine the methods used by authors such as Zane, J California Cooper, and Omar Tyree to discuss issues such as sexuality, eroticism, incarceration, poverty, and violence. We will also deal with the politics of canonicity.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: M. Gadsby
Consent of the Instructor Required? No
Prerequisites & Notes
AAST 141 or AAST 101


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