ENG 290 - Introduction to African-American Literature

Credits: 3

Description
Introduction to the poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction of African Americans.

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify the works and themes of major African-American writers.
Recall and define terms associated with these writers.
Demonstrate an awareness of how these writers reflect the forces that shaped the periods in which they wrote.
Recognize the unique contributions of these writers to current visions of our society.
Analyze individual works in relation to other works of the period and in relation to contemporary thought.

Prerequisite: ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 101H or ENG 110 or ENG 113 with a grade of C- or higher; or Department Chair or Instructor approval
Corequisite: None

Graded: Letter Grade