SHUM 4212
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SHUM 4212
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.
Black women first began to shape the genre of autobiography during antebellum era slavery. They were prolific in developing the genre of autobiography throughout the twentieth century, to the point of emerging as serial autobiographers in the case of Maya Angelou. Significantly, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings(1970), the first autobiography of six by Angelou, along with autobiographies by a range of other black women writers, helped to launch the renaissance in black women's literature and criticism in African American literature during the 1970s. In this course, we will focus on how black women have continued to write and share their personal stories in the new millennium by examining autobiographies that they have produced in the first years of the twenty-first century. More broadly, we will consider the impact of this writing on twenty-first century African American literature, as well as African diasporan writing in Africa and the Caribbean. In the process, we will draw on a range of critical and theoretical perspectives. We will read memoirs and autobiographies by a range of figures, including Michelle Obama, Jennifer Lewis, Monica Coleman, Serena Williams, Gabrielle Union, and Tiffany Haddish, among others.
When Offered Fall.
Distribution Category (ALC-AS, SCD-AS) (CA-AG, D-AG, LA-AG)
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4212, ASRC 4212, ENGL 4912, FGSS 4212
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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