ENGL 206 African American Literature
In this course, students study oral and written stories of African American writers from the 18th century through the Harlem Renaissance to present times, including authors such as Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Students analyze major themes like alienation, identity, double-consciousness, racism, classism, rebellion, revolt, and escape. They both evaluate these works for their literary merit and make connections between the literature and their own experience.
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and literary criticism (perspectives) in order to evaluate and analyze ideas within African American literature.
- Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider economic, historical, political, and cultural issues in African American literature.
- Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.
- Identify and discuss characteristics of different periods of African American literature from multiple perspectives and in various cultural, historical, and literary contexts to determine the place of African American literature within the canons of American literature.
Course Objectives
- Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and literary criticism (perspectives) in order to evaluate and analyze ideas within African American literature.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
- Rubric for Writing Assignment
- Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider economic, historical, political, and cultural issues in African American literature.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
Program Goal(s)
Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)
Analyze literature in light of historical and cultural contexts.
- Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
Program Goal(s)
Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)
Compose and present creative and original projects of literary analysis supported by academic sources and documentation.
- Identify and discuss characteristics of different periods of African American literature from multiple perspectives and in various cultural, historical, and literary contexts to determine the place of African American literature within the canons of American literature.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
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- Writing Assignment and/or Presentations
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Writing and/or Presentation Rubric