LI 215 - Slavery and Freedom

Credits: 4
Looks at a wide-ranging survey of 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century poems, plays, novels, and nonfiction narratives concerning the issue of American slavery and its aftermath. Explores slave narrative conventions across historical periods, as well as themes such as identity, masking, the liberating power of literacy, and masculine and feminine definitions of freedom.

Liberal Arts Perspective(s): Literary, US Diversity