AMST 2650

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  • Schedule of Classes - October 31, 2025 7:07PM EDT

AMST 2650
Introduction to African American Literature

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course will introduce students to African American literary traditions in the space that would become North America. From early freedom narratives and poetry to Hip-Hop and film, we will trace a range of artistic conventions and cultural movements while paying close attention to broader historical shifts in American life over the past three centuries. We'll read broadly: poetry, fiction, speculative fiction, newspapers, and the like. We will ask: How do authors create, define, and even exceed a tradition? What are some of the recurring themes and motifs within this tradition? Authors may include: Phillis Wheatley, David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. DuBois, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, and Eve Ewing. This course satisfies the Literatures of the Americas requirement for English majors.


Distribution Requirements (D-AG), (ALC-AS)

Exploratory Studies (AFAREA)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2024FA, 2024SP, 2022FA, 2021FA

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2680, ENGL 2650, SHUM 2650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6238 AMST 2650   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Frazier, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person