ENGL 377 Literature and Other Arts

On Afrofuturism. This course interrogates the intellectual and artistic dimensions of the Afrofuturism movement. From the present-day going at least as far back as Phillis Wheatley's poetry one finds a robust exploration of black culture's relationship to technology and futurity that diverge from Eurocentric standards of civilizational progress. The course will focus on literature and related genres including music and film. Students will engage the work of Alondra Nelson John Akomfrah Sir Thomas More Tracy K. Smith Phillis Wheatley Will Alexander Evie Shockley Sun Ra Outkast Octavia Butler and others. Major Requirement met: Group III/IV.