ENG 236 AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSICAL AND LITERARY TRADITIONS
This asynchronous, online course is designed to introduce students to the artistic impact of American historical events and movements, such as slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, the Great Migration, and Black Nationalism on the joint development of African-American musical and literary traditions. Beginning with slave songs and the Negro spirituals, and moving through gospel, the Blues, Jazz and Hip Hop, students explore the ways in which these musical genres influenced African-American literary production. The course has no pre-requisite.