English and drama

Topics in African American Literature

Module code: Q3327
Level 6
30 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Seminar, Workshop, Film
Assessment modes: Coursework

This module explores a specific topic in African American literature in depth.

Topics may include:

• slave narratives and neo-slave narratives
• the Harlem Renaissance
• the Chicago Renaissance
• contemporary African American fiction and/or poetry and poetics
• African American and African diasporic speculative fiction
• Toni Morrison
• James Baldwin
• the Black Arts movement.

Module learning outcomes

• Apply knowledge of literary and historical concepts in the reading of a range of African American literature
• Critically analyze how specific works of African American literature use literary form
• Critically analyze how specific works of African American literature engage relevant historical contexts
• Independently identify and research relevant questions relating to African American literature