Simmons University

AST176 - 01 - African American Fiction

Credits

4.0

Term

Sep 2 - Dec 13

Open Seats

13 of 20

Schedule

Tue, Thu 5:00 – 6:20pm

Course Type

Lecture

Location

In Person

Section

01

Faculty

Patrick Sylvain

Prerequisites

Description

Analyzes repeated themes and rhetoricalpatterns found in literature by AfricanAmerican authors.Investigates how socialexperiences andcultural productions (likemusic and religion) frame the literature.Readings extend from slave narratives tocontemporary short stories and novels byAfrican American writers