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Harlem Renaissance

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/2/25 - 12/12/25
TuTh 12:30p.m. – 1:45p.m.		 Wheatley-Peters W01-0045 3 $2065 (guest students)
Date
9/2/25 - 12/12/25
Time
TuTh 12:30p.m. – 1:45p.m.
Location
Wheatley-Peters W01-0045
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2065 (guest students)

Description

This course focuses on major texts of the Harlem Renaissance within contexts of modernism, history, and the development of an African American literary tradition. The course will examine how literature creates and represents real and "imagined" communities and will explore the diverse and often contradictory roles that literature plays in shaping, resisting, and reinforcing cultural discourses.

Prerequisites

ENGL 102 and ENGL 200 or 201 or 202 or 235 or AFRSTY 100

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/2/2025 - 12/12/2025

Location

Wheatley-Peters W01-0045

General Ed Requirements

Humanities

Enrolled / Capacity

25 / 25

Status

Closed

Instructor

Susan Tomlinson

Tuition*

* For course tuition and fees, please visit the Bursar's website.