African American Criticisms and Literary Theories

African American Literary Theories

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Signifying
"Crick-Crack"
Abolition Studies/Incarceration Studies
Authenticity

Identity Performance

Surrealism (art and philosophical)

Existentialism/Jazz Studies (philosophical)

Black Existentialism
Impressionism (art and philosophical)

identity

democracy

‘the blues’/lament

double consciousness

The New Negro Movement

Trauma/Rememory Theory

Psychoanalytic Theory

Afro-futurism

Intersectionality

Call and Response

Black Feminisms

Womanism

Whiteness Studies

Black Masculinities

Black Girlhood Studies

African American Children's Literature

Humor/Black Humor

Folklore

African Cosmology and Religion
Liberation Theology
Bahai
Atheism

Pan Africanist Philosophy

Counter Culture/Black Arts Movement

Miscegenation Studies

Creole Cultural Studies

Medical Racism and Eugenics

Environmental Studies

Biological Determinism/Essentialism

Commodification

Studies in Capitalism / Chattel Slavery

Art as Propaganda/Print Capitalism

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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

African American Literature and Culture at University of Kentucky

Undergraduate Curriculum ENG 168 ALL THAT SPEAK OF JAZZ: AN INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY INTO JAZZ AND DEMOCRACY (UK Core, Arts and Creativity or Citizenship) ENG 260/AAAS 264 INTRODUCTION TO BLACK WRITERS (UK Core, Inquiry in the Humanities, GWR) ENG 265 SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE I ENG 266 SURVEY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE II ENG 361 EARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE ENG 362 FLIGHTS TO FREEDOM: LITERATURE OF THE GREAT BLACK MIGRATIONS ENG 368 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOICES ENG 369 AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN’S WRITING ENG 460G STUDIES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE: (Subtitle required) ENG 490G STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND GENDER: (Subtitle required) ENG 491G STUDIES IN THEORY: (Subtitle required) ENG 492G CULTURAL STUDIES: (Subtitle required) ENG 495 MAJOR HONORS SEMINAR: (Subtitle required). This course is required for English majors who want to graduate with departmental honors. @UK_AAAS AAS 200: Intro...

ENG 100

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