ENGL 332 Slavery & Abolition in Literature

This course examines stories of enslavement and freedom by writers of American poetry and prose. Students interpret literary texts as aesthetic, political, social, and theological objects, paying special attention to the ways American writers adapt, interpret, and critique biblical texts as contributors to the practice of enslavement and freedom in the United States. The course may include authors such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Richard Wright, and Toni Morrison. This course falls in the Questions of Faith in Literature category.