2022-2023 Traditional Undergraduate Catalog

LIT 307 African American Women Writers

This course is designed to survey the various styles of expression by African American women poets, novelists, and autobiographers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights movement to contemporary literature and art forms. Discussion will include the ways in which these writers use their works of poetry, prose, essays, short stories, music, and spoken word to address social, cultural, and political issues. Students will apply biblical principles to the issues raised. (3 credits)

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Final grade of C- or higher in LAN 101 College Composition and Research