Academic Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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LALW341 Writers of the Black Atlantic 3cr This class offers a cross-cultural survey of
black literature in the 20th-Century. It
explores the ways black writers from Africa,
Europe, and the Americas share a globalized
perspective that is not distinctly African,
European, or American but rather a multicultural
perspective that historian Paul Gilroy has called
the culture of the Black Atlantic. Based on the
history of transatlantic crossings of the slave
trade and its aftermath, this Black Atlantic is a
confluence of diverse cultural traditions.
Covering topics such as slavery, racism, and
colonialism, this class focuses on the ways
writers of the Black Atlantic have used this
multicultural perspective to establish a critical
voice for expressing the black experience in the
20th-Century.
Prerequisites: LALW-200
Lecture
Spring
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