AFR 340 The African-American Experience in America: Comparative Racial Perspectives

3 hours

An examination of African-American life through the works of both African-American and white writers. The course will look at the inter-relationships and differences between African-American and white perspectives. Authors such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Melville, Wright, Baldwin, Mark Twain, Faulkner, Ellison, Welty and Baraka will be read.