English 133T
Topics in African American Literature and Culture: Humor and the Neo-Slave Narrative
| Section | Semester | Instructor | Time | Location | Course Areas |
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| 1 | Summer 2020 | Catchings, Alex
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TWTh 1-3:30 |
Description
A course exploring how the 19th-century slave narrative was reworked in the 20th century by novelists Ishmael Reed, Charles Johnson, and Paul Beatty into a humorous (or at least tragicomic) critique of American race relations after the 1960s.
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Topics in African American Literature and Culture: The Art of Black Diaspora -- Do What You Gotta Do |
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spring, 2018 |
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