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ENG 185 - African American Women Writers

Understanding that the literary canon often excludes the voices of women of color, this course begins to fill the gaps of the canon by examining Black women’s writing in America during the 20th and 21st century. Conducting a textual analysis of these authors across a historical timespan, students will develop an understanding of the ways African American women used writing to address, confront, avoid, subvert, and question the white patriarchal gaze. Writers and poets include Frances Harper, Pauline Hopkins, Nella Larsen, Ann Petry, Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou, Octavia Butler, Ida B. Wells, Lorraine Hansberry, Ntozake Shange, Sonia Sanchez, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, June Jordan, and Toni Morrison.

For English majors, this course satisfies the Historical Sequence (B-2) requirement.

Course Designation/Attribute: HP, DI

Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
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