Literature/Culture Track

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  • 701-702. Fifty Major Texts of Afro-American Studies (16 credits)

    • This course is a prerequisite for all other 700-level departmental courses and seminars. Afro-Am 701 is offered each fall, and 702 each spring.

    (Each course below is worth four credits)

    Courses Offered On a Two-year Cycle

  • 651. Black Literature During the Time of Slavery
  • 652. The Harlem Renaissance
  • 653. Classic Figures of 20th Century Afro-American Literature
  • 654. Contemporary Afro-American Literature

    • Courses Offered on a Three-year Cycle

  • 660. The Black Arts Movement
  • 661. African-American Poetry
  • 662. The Culture of the Black Church
  • 663. The Visual Arts in the Afro-American Tradition
  • 664. The Role of Music in the Afro-American Tradition
  • 665. Afro-American Popular Culture
  • 666. The Afro-American Presence in American Literature
  • 667. Afro-American Philosophy

    • Seminars

  • 750. Critical Methodology and Afro-American Literature
  • 751. Advanced Seminar in a Selected Black Author
  • 752. African Roots of Afro-American Literature and Culture
  • 753. Special Topics in Afro-American Literature and Culture

    • Critical Perspectives Sub-Group

  • 780. Afro-American Perspectives on American Society
  • 781. Contemporary Trends in Afro-American Thought
  • 782. Contemporary Trends in Black Literary Criticism
  • 783. An Ideological Critique of White Supremacist Thought
  • 784. Radical Perspectives in the Afro-American Experience
  • 785. Ideological Critique

    • Courses in the Critical Perspectives Sub-Group may, with the permission of the Graduate Program Director, be substituted for courses in the History/Politics or Literature/Culture Tracks in satisfaction of the concentration requirements.