TR 11:00-12:15, CB 303

 

Instructor: Laura Barrio-Vilar

E-mail: Lbarr2@uky.edu

Office: 1222 Patterson Office Tower

Phone: 257-6988; Mailbox: 1215 P.O.T.

Office Hours: TR 9:30 – 11:00

 

“Black Identity in the U.S. and the Caribbean”

Library (1969) by Jacob Lawrence

Major Black Writers

ENG/AAS 264-001:

Course Description

 

This course serves as an introduction to literature written by Black authors from the United States and the Caribbean.

 

We will explore how Black literature has evolved over time and has impacted various social and political movements around the world, such as Emancipation and Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, Postcolonialism, Feminism, the Black Arts movement, and the Second Renaissance.

 

Our class discussions will consider issues such as the following: How is the Black experience articulated in literature?  In what ways do race, class, gender, sexuality, and culture affect the construction of Black identity and Black literature?  How does Black literature influence society?  How do the assigned texts speak to each other?

 

Last updated on December 8, 2005

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