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African-American Literature (ENGL 45)

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This course covers an analysis of African-American writers and their contribution to American Literature. Works studied will be representative of the genres of the novel, the short story, poetry, drama, and essays.

To reach the instructor by phone, please call the instruction office at College of the Siskiyous, 530-938-5375, and leave your name and a call back number, and best time to call. Please feel free to contact the instructor anytime through the private message section on the Etudes site. Also, you can email the instructor, Trish Weldon at weldon@siskiyous.edu.

Required texts:

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0-393-97778-1

Additional texts: ONE MUST BE SELECTED

Beloved by Toni Morrison. ISBN: 0-452-26446-4

Dessa Rose by Sherley Anne Williams. ISBN: 0-688-16643-1

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. ISBN: 0-393-97637-8

Narrative of Sojourner Truth. ISBN: 0-14-043678-2

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