ENGL 53.07 Black Noir
In this course, we will study black American literature that focuses the noir genre on black people themselves. We will read gritty, urban crime novels that attempt to expose inequities in black American lives and dispel the notion that a descent from whiteness results in blackness. Rather, the black people in these texts exist in darkness because they are living in alienated communities. We shall investigate how the noir genre is altered when “noirs” are the subjects and the authors. In addition to primary texts, the course will engage critical responses to these works.
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Not being offered in 2022-23
Cross Listed Courses
AAAS 81.07 FILM 47.25
Department-Specific Course Categories
Course Group III