Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours
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Prerequisites: restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor
Description: A critical survey of African American literature with particular attention to the development of an African American literary tradition and the challenges it has posed to the canon of American literature. Scope includes writing in English (in North America and the Caribbean) by Black authors prior to 1940.