Teaching African American literature through experiential praxis : African American writers in Europe /

This book focuses on teaching African American literature through experiential praxis. Specifically, the book presents several canonical African American literature authors in a study abroad context. The book chapters consider the historical implications of travel within the African American literat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hayes, Jennifer L. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:	Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:	American literature > African American authors > Study and teaching (Higher) American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. American literature > African American authors. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Travel in African American Literature
3. Before you go: Preparation, Objectives and Goals of the course, Pre-Assessment Tools
4. Victor Sejour "The Mulatto": Creole Traditions and the Abolitionist Movement
5. Field Studies in the United States: Nella Larsen and Richard Wrights connections to Chicago and New York City Passing and Black Boy
6. Richard Wright The Wright Era: "Blueprint for Negro Writing"
7. Baldwin Notes on A Native Son and Understandings of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nationality
8. Larsens novella Quicksand: Exploring Exoticism and Xenophobia with Cultural Excursions
9. Lynn Nottages Las Meninas Reclaiming Historical Figures "The Black Nun of Moret" and Versailles
10. Conclusion: Students Opportunities for Reflections Moving Beyond Limits (Expectations vs. Reality).