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Semester 1

Black American Fiction (ENLI10341)

Course Website

http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/english-literature/undergraduate/current/honours

Subject

English Literature

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have completed 4 English Literature courses at grade B or above. We will only consider University/College level courses, and we do not consider civilisation & other interdisciplinary courses, freshman seminars, writing/composition courses or film/cinema/media courses; visiting students who have taken multiple courses in literature in other languages, should have passed at least two courses in English Literature as well. **Please note that this course may incur additional costs to purchase core texts** **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

This course will provide a thorough introduction to African American fiction, from the nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. All texts will be studied in both their socio-historical and literary-historical contexts, and distinctive narrative patterns will be evaluated

Course Description

This course will provide a thorough introduction to African American fiction, from the nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. All texts will be studied in both their socio-historical and literary-historical contexts, and distinctive narrative patterns will be evaluated. Key areas of cultural interest - including the Harlem Renaissance (1920's/30's) and the Black Arts movement (1960's/70's) - will be considered alongside broader social and political events: slavery and its abolition, post-Civil War Reconstruction, segregation and "Jim Crow", Panafricanism, the Civil Rights Movement, the increasing influence of Black womanism, and others. Although the primary texts are all narrative prose fiction, we will also read poetry and non-fictional prose as supporting material when relevant.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Unless you are nominated on an English Literature exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in one 3rd year English Literature course each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. Enrolment in a second course from this group will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the September Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed, and students will not be permitted to enrol in three 3rd year English Literature courses in the same semester at any time. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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