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English 167 - Fall, 2017
20th Century African American Poetry
Class Information
Instructor:
Clover, Joshua
CRN:
62667
Time:
TR 4:40-6:00
Location:
106 Olson
Description
This course will focus on the Black Radical Tradition, sometimes known as the Black Revolutionary Tradition (BRT). As a result we'll focus particularly (but not exclusively on the period from 1965-75, the peak of this tradition in the US. We'll read various poets with special attention to
Claude McKay, Brooks, Baraka, and some contemporary poets associated with the Movement for Black Lives. In addition to that we'll read from other writings related to the BRT, including Du Bois, George Jackson, Assata Shakur, Huey Newton, and others.
Grading
Grading will be based on regular reading responses, participation, a short essay, a final essay, and a final exam.
Texts
Zong!
, M. NourbeSe Phillip
The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks
, Gwendolyn Brooks
Soledad Brother
, George Jackson
Assata: An Autobiography
, Assata Shakur
Black Against Empire
, Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr.
