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GSWS 414 - African American Women Writers

Spring (3) McLendon, Braxton, Pinson

This course examines the fiction and non-fiction of writers such Gwendolyn Brooks, Toni Morrison, Adrienne Kennedy, Alice Walker, Lorraine Hansbury, June Jordon, Maya Angelou, and Octavia Butler. Attention to black feminist/womanist and vernacular theoretical issues through selected critical readings. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor. (Cross listed with ENGL 414A  or AFST 414 .)