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Apr 25, 2024
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Goucher College 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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LIT 249 - African American Lit in Cultural Contexts (4 Cr.) (GCR RPP)(GCR Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies area)
In this interdisciplinary course on African-American literature, culture, and history students will examine the impact and legacies of slavery on the experiences of all Americans, but particularly African Americans as they negotiate and define “freedom” for themselves throughout history. The theme of enslavement will be explored from the American Colonial period to the present in literary genres that include slave narratives, poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction, and science fiction. Authors may include Butler, Chesnutt, Douglass, Hansberry, Ellison, and Wright. Prerequisite: WRT 181 or instructor’s permission. Spring semester. Robinson.
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