ENG 330 - African American Literature

• Articulate in written and oral form an informed awareness of the socio-political and cultural history out of which African Americans wrote, and write, their works.
• Demonstrate their knowledge of African American artistic and literary expressions, beginning with the oral tradition to contemporary literature.
• Demonstrate their knowledge of major writers (and some non-major written) and significant texts representing the different genres and periods in African American literature.
• Recognize, trace, and articulate the differences (as well as similarities) in literary themes and approaches to literature between African American literary studies and traditional literary studies.