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Jun 14, 2025
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ENG 695C - African American Literature (3 units)
African-American writing from literary, cultural, and historical perspectives. Typically includes various genres such as poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. analyze artistic and critical texts within their historical contexts.
2. demonstrate analytic reading skills in oral and written contexts.
3. apply critical frameworks to African-American literary texts from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
4. articulate the connection between fiction, poetry, drama, film, essay, and popular culture.
5. identify the complex elements important to African Americans in relation to their history, values, politics, economy, or beliefs and practices.
6. use models and theories of cultural difference to investigate topics in diversity and equity.
7. demonstrate knowledge of the history, customs, worldviews, and/or other cultural markers of African Americans.
8. articulate ways in which social identities such as race, class, and gender intersect in order to influence individual life experiences and/or perspectives in African American culture.
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