Black Voices Matter: Black Literature from the Harlem Renaissance to Today

Black Voices Matter: Black Literature from the Harlem Renaissance to Today (LIT-40100)
6 Weeks | $245 | Online
 
Black Voices Matter! Through this course, students will get to know the voices of black authors, while gaining a deeper cultural understanding and an enhanced literary appreciation of Black literature from the Harlem Renaissance to today. We will study works from respected and crucial authors to understand how their stylistic and literary choices help them communicate the complexities of the Black experience. Authors include Langston Hughes, Audre Lorde, Amiri Baraka, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Roxane Gay, and Zadie Smith. Our goal is to develop a broader comprehension of the genre of Black literature. We will explore poetry, short stories, novels, and essays, to also build a wider understanding of creative writing. Students will have both reading and writing assignments related to the week’s topics, and they will be expected to participate in weekly online Discussion forums.

What you will learn:

• Demonstrate understanding of the various ways that writers use language, space, and sound to form meaning and to shape our understandings of experiences
• Show development of ideas of inclusion through empirical, ethical, and social analysis
• Analyze the relationship of specific works of Black literature to their historical and cultural contexts
• Understand the connections between different works of literature

Quarters Offered: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall | Online

Contact: For more information about this course, please email ahl@ucsd.edu.
Note: This class can be taken individually or as part of the Creative Writing Certificate.
Course Number: LIT-40100
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing
 

Course Number: LIT-40100
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing

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1/10/2022 - 2/19/2022

$220

Online

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• SECTION ID:

  160939

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Henderson, Edward

  Ra Henderson is an educator, spoken word poet and event host from North Carolina. He teaches the  Black Voices Matter: Black Literature from the Harlem Renaissance to Today  course for the  UC San Diego Extension Creative Writing Certificate Program . His passion for poetry and affiliation with the San Diego National Poetry Slam Team placed him on stages across the country as well as overseas. Drawing inspiration from the great Black Literaries of our time, Ra lead his students on a journey of understanding, introspection and growth. With 5 years of event hosting experience ranging from open mics to TEDx events, Ra brings a charisma and excitement to the learning experience that will inspire and transcend the digital medium.      

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Their Eyes Were Watching God 1st
  by Zora Neale Hurston
  ISBN / ASIN: 0060916508

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 1/14/2022.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $220 ($245 if enrolled after 12/13/2021).
  1st no meeting date: 1/17/2022.
  

• NOTE:

  This is an online course; all class sessions are taught online. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears under Online Provider.

• DATE & LOCATION:

  1/10/2022 - 2/19/2022
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.