A study of works by and about black Americans. Short fiction, the novel, drama, poetry, and the essay are examined with an eye for determining the nature of the black American's role, as writer and as subject, in the context of American literature as a whole.
Goals:
Framing: Discussion on book sections
Activity: Jigsaw
Conclusion
Suggested Reading:
McCoy, Beth A. "Race and the (Para)Textual Condition." PMLA 121, no. 1 (2006): 156-69. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486294.
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