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Fall 2016
Apr 29,2024 |
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The descriptions and topics of this course vary from semester-to-semester as well as from instructor-to-instructor. Prerequisites: varies with the topic offered.
AFST 490 WORDS, SOUNDS, AND PICTURES: The Lives and Works of Pioneering African-American Writers, Jazz Musicians, and Visual Artists. The course will look at the lives and works of pioneering 20th century African-American artists in three areas: literature, jazz, and painting. A focus, particularly with literature, will be on challenges the artists faced and the way those challenges surface in their work. Students will read and discuss short texts (stories, essays, poems, book chapters) by writers. The course will also have a multimedia component, with students listening to and comparing jazz recordings and examining and discussing paintings and sculpture. We will compare and discuss the styles of the various artists, both within and between genres, and will examine common themes that emerge across genres. Those whose works will be studied include the writers Langston Hughes, Rudolph Fisher, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and James Baldwin; the jazz musicians Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Charlie Parker; and the visual artists Jacob Lawrence, William H. Johnson, Aaron Douglas, Archibald J. Motley Jr., and Augusta Savage.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lecture, Online Course Africana Studies Department Course Attributes: MN-AFR AMR STD-Hist & Pol Tht, MJ-Africana Studies, MN-Africana Studies Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Undergraduate |
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