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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