52-3643 Issues in African and African American Studies

Course offers focused, in-depth study of a significant issue or issues in African and African-American literary and cultural production. Students will read, discuss, research, and write about the issues. Course includes readings in theory as well as literature and may include examples from disciplines such as art, film, and music. Representing the African in the New World focuses on such writers as Houston Baker, Jacques Derrida, Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Toni Morrison, and others. Course is repeatable as topic changes.

3 Credits
GA Repeatable HL
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II or 52-1162 Writing and Rhetoric II- Service Learning or 52-1122 Writing and Rhetoric II for Non-Native Speakers of English or 52-1112 Writing and Rhetoric - Enhanced II