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AML2600: AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
AML2600
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
20221
Writing Credit
Yes
International/Intercultural
Yes
Elective Flag
Yes
  • Critical Thinking
    • CLO 1: 1.0 The students shall learn literary concepts and techniques and apply them to the study of movements and figures of African American literature since 1746 and the contexts from which they emerge.
    • CLO 2: 2.0 The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of African American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published between 1746 and 1865 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent the Colonial period and the Antebellum period (among others): Douglass, Equiano, Harper, Jacobs, Truth, Walker, Wheatley, or Wilson.
    • CLO 3: 3.0 The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of African American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published between 1865 and 1940 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent the Reconstruction period and the Harlem Renaissance and may include (among others): Chesnut, Cullen, du Bois, Dunbar, Hurston, Hughes, Johnson, Larsen, Locke, McKay, Paul, Washington, or West.
    • CLO 4: 4.0 The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published since 1940 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent historical periods such as: Realism, Naturalism & Modernism, the Black Arts Era, and the Contemporary Period, and may include (among others) Angelou, Baldwin, Baraka, Brooks, Ellison, Gaines, Garvey, Giovanni, Hansberry, King, Malcolm X, Morrison, Walker, or Wright.
    • CLO 5: 5.0 The students shall be able to write a structured paper that incorporates research and engages in an analysis of the literary movement, author, or text(s) within African American literature since 1746.
  • Ethical Reasoning
    • CLO 2: 2.0 The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of African American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published between 1746 and 1865 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent the Colonial period and the Antebellum period (among others): Douglass, Equiano, Harper, Jacobs, Truth, Walker, Wheatley, or Wilson.
    • CLO 3: 3.0 The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of African American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published between 1865 and 1940 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent the Reconstruction period and the Harlem Renaissance and may include (among others): Chesnut, Cullen, du Bois, Dunbar, Hurston, Hughes, Johnson, Larsen, Locke, McKay, Paul, Washington, or West.
    • CLO 4: 4.0 The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published since 1940 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent historical periods such as: Realism, Naturalism & Modernism, the Black Arts Era, and the Contemporary Period, and may include (among others) Angelou, Baldwin, Baraka, Brooks, Ellison, Gaines, Garvey, Giovanni, Hansberry, King, Malcolm X, Morrison, Walker, or Wright.
  • Global Awareness
    • CLO 1: 1.0 The students shall learn literary concepts and techniques and apply them to the study of movements and figures of African American literature since 1746 and the contexts from which they emerge.
    • CLO 2: 2.0 The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of African American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published between 1746 and 1865 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent the Colonial period and the Antebellum period (among others): Douglass, Equiano, Harper, Jacobs, Truth, Walker, Wheatley, or Wilson.
    • CLO 3: 3.0 The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of African American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published between 1865 and 1940 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent the Reconstruction period and the Harlem Renaissance and may include (among others): Chesnut, Cullen, du Bois, Dunbar, Hurston, Hughes, Johnson, Larsen, Locke, McKay, Paul, Washington, or West.
    • CLO 4: 4.0 The students shall read and discuss a diverse and representative sample of American literature (i.e., poems, short stories, plays, or novels) published since 1940 and interpret their impact on African American literature. Authors may represent historical periods such as: Realism, Naturalism & Modernism, the Black Arts Era, and the Contemporary Period, and may include (among others) Angelou, Baldwin, Baraka, Brooks, Ellison, Gaines, Garvey, Giovanni, Hansberry, King, Malcolm X, Morrison, Walker, or Wright.
 
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