Black Women Writers

The course examines the oral and written literature of Afro-American women from the eighteenth century through the present. An exploration of the numerous genres employed by Black women writers - slave narratives, autobiography, fiction, poetry, and drama - sheds light on writers' artistic and intellectual responses to the political, social, and cultural currents of their times. (Students will receive credit for BLS 3835 or ENG 3835. These courses may substitute for each other in the F-replacement policy).