English 133T

Topics in African American Literature and Culture: Introduction to African American Poetry


Section Semester Instructor Time Location Course Areas
2 Spring 2010 Wagner, Bryan
Wagner, Bryan
MW 4-5:30 210 Wheeler

Other Readings and Media

The reading for this course has not been finalized, but will include works by Lucy Terry, Phillis Wheatley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Gwendolyn Brooks, Melvin Tolson, Russell Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Elouise Loftin, Audre Lorde, Nathaniel Mackey, Cecil Taylor, Ed Roberson, Harryette Mullen, and Tyrone Williams.

Description

An introduction to African American poetry and poetics, moving from the eighteenth century to the present.

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