ENGL 260 - Black Humor and Irony: Modern Literary Experiments

FC ARHU CD WINT

4 credits
African American humor has until recently received little academic study. But the many anthologies of folk humor and the visibility of stand-up comedy invite us to examine the presence and rhetorical role of humor, comedy, and irony in African American literature. This course thus centers on a representative group of modern black humorists and explores various approaches (functional, structural, and cultural) for interpreting their works. Authors will include Chesnutt, Hurston, Hughes, Ellison, and Reed. American.
Prerequisites & Notes: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level courses.”