2020-2021 Academic Catalog

Apr 25, 2024

2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 394 - African American Literary and Critical Race Theory

Utilizing the theoretical approaches found in African American literary criticism of the 20^th and 21^st century, this course will evaluate the complex relationship of racial thought in African American literary theory. Creating an understanding of the relationship of literature to the larger experience of African Americans, students will analyze the dialogue of racial identity, Black feminist/womanist thought, Poststructuralism, queer theory, intersectionality, cultural studies, essentialism, and critical race theory from the 1920s to today.

Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually