2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin

LIT 340 The African-American Experience in America: Comparative Racial Perspectives

3 hours 

An examination of African-American life through the works of both African-American and white writers. The course will look at the inter-relationships and differences between African-American and white perspectives. Authors such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Melville, Wright, Baldwin, Twain, Faulkner, Ellison, Welty, Morrison and Styron will be read.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

AFR 340

Prerequisite

ENG 201, and any 200-level LIT course or HJS 250 or AFR 140