If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- read literary genres critically and respond in writing.
- identify the major genres created by African American writers and the characteristics of those genres.
- dentify the major themes of African American literature produced from the Colonial period to the early twentieth century.
- write clear, coherent, well-organized analyses of the literature.
- write a thesis statement which is supported in the analysis with details and textual evidence from the literary work.