ENGL 206 African American Literature

In this course, students study oral and written stories of African American writers from the 18^th 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.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and literary criticism (perspectives) in order to evaluate and analyze ideas within African American literature.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider economic, historical, political, and cultural issues in African American literature.
3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.
4. 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

1. Identify and apply appropriate literary terminology and literary criticism (perspectives) in order to evaluate and analyze ideas within African American literature.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
   • Rubric for Writing Assignment

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
   • CT3
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider economic, historical, political, and cultural issues in African American literature.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: English - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Analyze literature in light of historical and cultural contexts.

3. Use evidence from literary texts and secondary texts to compose original and insightful literary analysis.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4

   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.

4. 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

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Writing Assignment and/or Presentations

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Writing and/or Presentation Rubric