English 349 - LITERATURES OF BLACK ATLANTIC

Visiting the colonial West Indies to the modern-day Caribbean, U.S., Canada, U.K., and France, this seminar analyzes the literatures of the Black Atlantic and the development of Black literary and intellectual history from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Some key theoretical frameworks, which will help inform our study of literature emerging from the Black Atlantic, include diaspora, transnationalism, internationalism, and cosmopolitanism. Readings include slave narratives, poetry, novels, films, critical essays, and theory. Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to 12.

Not open to first-years, sophomores