ENGL 151 A-Z - Major AuthorsSemester Hours: 3
This course explores the works of either one author or two significantly related authors who have contributed to literature written in English. The authors studied will vary.
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ENGL 151B - Major Authors: Toni Morrison
This writing intensive (WI) seminar examines the life and work of one of America’s most important writers. Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, becoming the eighth woman, the first African American, and the first Black woman to win the prestigious literary prize. In this seminar, we will critically engage with Toni Morrison’s fiction. In addition to reading Morrison’s fiction, we will read Morrison’s own criticism, as well as critical essays by scholars which will assist with our understanding of her literary and cultural impact. Morrison’s success as a senior editor, critic, and novelist presented her with opportunities to express her views on a host of subjects including education, censorship, gender, leadership, friendship, ethics, morality, and spirituality. Her imaginative and cultural work has chronicled the African American experience from slavery to the twenty-first century. This course will explore the ways Morrison constructs discourses that expand and complicate historical narratives and ideologies about Black life.
Prerequisites: WSC 001 or WSC 002 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis.This course is cross listed as AFST 187Q and WST 151R .
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
WSC 001 or WSC 002 . May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. As individual authors are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
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