AFST 465 - Seminar in African and African-American Literature (3)

A study of creative writers of African descent in America, Africa and the Caribbean and the impact of their works on the shaping of consciousness among black people. Focus on issues and themes such as alienation, confrontation, accommodation, revolution, tradition and modernism, the New Negro, Negritude, African personality, Black Power, etc. Topics will be published in the Schedule of Classes. This course is repeatable for credit with different topic. Students may complete a maximum of 6 credits or 2 attempts. Recommended Preparation: AFST 260 and AFST 261; one of AFST 360, AFST 361 or AFST 362; or permission of the instructor

Grading: Graded/Pass Fail/Audit
Course ID: 52098
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Sem Afr/Afro-Amer Lit, Black World Autobiograph, Creative Conn. In AFST