English 631-001
Seminar in African American Literature: Images of Black Women in African American Fiction and Film
Instr: Grayson, Sandra M.
Office: CRT 476; 229-4524
e-mail: sgrayson@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: TR; 11:00am-12:15pm; CRT 321
Course Description
In addition to exploring images of black women in contemporary African American novels and films, this course will analyze linkages between black women and mythic memory. Other issues to be considered include: the symbols associated with women of African descent; the representations of African and African American culture, history, and activism; the text as political. This course integrates technology and traditional methodologies to explore the subject.
English 631 is cross-listed with the Department of Africology.
