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African American Literature


Some areas of study include:

African Diaspora Folklore
American Folklore
Spiritual
Black Sermonic Tradition
Poetry
Slave Narratives
Anything related to Modernism
Southern Literature
Most literature related to Early Modernist (can be influenced by the studies of modern ideas about capitalism and chattel slavery)
Post-Slave Era Literature
Harlem Renaissance Literature
Jazz Literature - Modernism
Black Arts Movement Literature
Contemporary African American Literature
Graphic Novels
Digital Literatures
Afro-Futurisms


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