ENGL 264 Literature of U.S. Slavery and Abolition (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly ENGL 220
Course Description
This class focuses on the study of literary works, themes, and rhetoric associated with U.S. slavery and abolition, and its impact on modern American literature and culture.
Course Content
A. Slave culture and resistance methods
B. Evolution of abolition movement
C. Literary genres and rhetorical strategies for slavery and abolitionist persuasion
D. Abolitionists’ sponsorship of literature
E. Major abolitionist figures
F. Impact of/on other related antebellum reform movements
G. Dynamics of power and privilege associated with the historical era
H. Effects of slavery on modern race relations
I. Strategies for archiving, disseminating and influencing cultural memory
Student Outcomes
1. Construct the relationships between major abolitionist figures and movements.
2. Explain how works and genres contributed to slavery and the abolition movement.
3. Evaluate the rhetorical effects of abolitionist patronage of and editorial assistance with (auto)biographical works.
4. Describe and compare different slave cultures in the United States.
5. Identify and compare major pro-slavery and abolitionist figures and writers.
6. Explain the abolition movement and other antebellum reform movements.
7. Analyze lasting effects of U.S. slavery and abolition on modern race relations.
8. Synthesize resources involved in archiving, disseminating and influencing cultural memory.
Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.
Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
A. Formal writings: essays, essay exams, research reports, reading responses
B. Projects: group presentations, individual presentations, multimedia productions
C. Informal writings: journals, in-class responses, brainstorming, freewriting
D. Group discussions and classroom activities
E. Exams and quizzes: short answer, matching, multiple choice
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