African Diaspora Literature, BA

Student

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

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  Examine the history, culture, and complexity of life in the African diaspora through study of the literary texts representing the United States, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
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  Analyze the ways in which race, gender, social class, sexual identities, national origin/status, migration, and language intersect and impact the literary texts produced by writers in these constituent groups.
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  Expand their knowledge about major writers and scholars in African diaspora literature.
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  Identify diverse themes, movements, cultural linkages, and schools of thought represented by African diaspora literature.
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  Deepen their understanding of the ways in which laws, cultures, histories, politics, and the status of the diverse peoples of African descent help shape the various societies of the global communities impacted by their diaspora.
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  Describe, explain, and apply literary and cultural theories in African diaspora literature.
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  Demonstrate their knowledge of the religious, political, moral, and cultural contexts in which literary texts representing African diaspora literature are produced.
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  Produce a scholarly or creative final thesis project focused on the research, interpretation, and synthesis of a period, movement, or writer in African Diaspora Literature.