African American women's novels

The course treats novels by African American women writers from Frances E.W. Harper and Nella Larsen to science-fiction writer Octavia Butler and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison. The focus is on the 1980s, for various reasons an important decade for African American women writers and the theorisation of their works. This decade is characterised both by the rediscovery of early novels and by a great number of new novels by African American women writers who returned to previous themes and used them in new literary contexts.

Progressive specialisation: A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Master's level

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Master programme in English: Literary specialisation (studied during year 2)