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This portion of the BlaqueAdemics website is dedicated to the students of our Founder, Dr. Ellesia Blaque. While all are welcome to review these pages, some content contained here could be misunderstood and acronyms unrecognizable. Please note that the courses listed below are current courses for the Spring 2011 semester, that each course is supplemented with applicable socio-political and historical texts, and that expectations in these courses are above average. To review former syllabi used by Dr. Blaque click here.

ENG 555 010: Black Women's Literature: The Development of A Tradition (grad course)
Course Description: This intensive graduate course provides a survey and a close analysis of a major tradition in literary studies – the black feminist tradition. This course will examine various genres of writing by black women, such as: short stories, poetry, drama, novels, creative nonfiction, and literary theory/criticism. In addition, students will implement basic research methods specific to Black/Africana Studies.

ENG 010 023: Introduction to Literature (ugrad traditional)
Course Description: This course is designed to develop and intensify the student's aesthetic, intellectual, and emotional response to imaginative literature. It is designed as an introductory course in literature for students who are not majoring or minoring in literature, is intended to be used almost exclusively as a course in General Education, and is not applicable to the Major in the B.A. in English/General or Professional Writing, to the Specialization in the B.S. in Secondary Education/English, or to the Minor in Literature. Students are required to have fulfilled the ENG 023 (Composition) prerequisite or its equivalent prior to registering for this course.

ENG 010 051: Introduction to Literature (ugrad African American survey)
Course Description: This course is designed to develop and intensify the student's aesthetic, intellectual, and emotional response to imaginative literature specific to the African American community. It is designed as an introductory course in literature for students who are not majoring or minoring in literature, is intended to be used almost exclusively as a course in General Education, and is not applicable to the Major in the B.A. in English/General or Professional Writing, to the Specialization in the B.S. in Secondary Education/English, or to the Minor in Literature. Students who are English majors or Sec-Ed English majors who are interested in Black literature can, in lieu of this restricted course, take African American Literature: Experiences, Introduction to Afro-Caribbean Literature (Fall 2012, CR#s TBD) or ENG 237, The Black Novel (Spring 2011, see description below). Students are required to have fulfilled the ENG 023 (Composition) prerequisite or its equivalent prior to registering for this course.

ENG 237 010: The Black Novel (ugrad)
Course Description: This course is an exploration of the fictional and prose writings of Black American novelists and essayists, beginning with slave narratives, the literary prototypes of African American literature, and ending with, as the focal point, twentieth century novels. More specifically, students will read several texts, as well as read and learn about the great critical social debates demonstrated in Black literature and the basic research methods specific to Black/Africana Studies. Students are required to have fulfilled the ENG 023 (Composition) prerequisite or its equivalent prior to registering for this course.

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