Multicultural literature of the world-wide dispersion of Africans and people of African descent based on select representative works of African-American, African-Caribbean, and African literature.
Athena Title
Black Diaspora Literature
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2600H
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will have an understanding and appreciation of the literature and culture of African-American, African-Caribbean and African people through the study of selected works of the most representative authors of the Black Diaspora literature.
Topical Outline
The literature of the early encounter of the African people with the West
The literature of black people’s struggle against slavery, colonialism and racism
Black cultural identity
Black people's concerns in today's global community
The search for black literary aesthetics
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global Culture CORE IV: Humanities and the Arts
