ENG 229, 232 - Black Drama/Black Comedy

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR: Meets general academic requirement DE and HU (and W when offered as 229).
A study of nineteenth and twentieth century plays addressing the cultural impact of the African Diaspora. In addition to plays, the syllabus incorporates theoretical and historical writing exploring Africanisms in the work of writers like Suzan-Lori Parks and August Wilson and the efforts of African American playwrights to remember often unrecorded histories.