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By engaging with traditional and experimental life writing, students will investigate how people of African descent have used autobiography to confront questions of identity, family, memory, and systemic injustices. We will study canonical works alongside contemporary life writing, exploring how different forms serve different purposes in the ongoing project of Black self-representation. |
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- Course name
- African American Autobiography
- Institution
- Washington Colege
- Instructor
- Parkplace33
- Wikipedia Expert
- Brianda (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Course dates
- 2025-08-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2025-12-05 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 8
From the harrowing testimonies of enslaved individuals to the memoirs of cultural icons and political leaders, African American autobiography has long been a powerful tool for self-definition, resistance, and historical testimony. This course explores the evolution of Black life writing, analyzing a wide range of autobiographical forms—including slave narratives, personal essays, oral histories, testimonials, and experimental memoir—to examine how African Americans have shaped and reshaped their narratives of selfhood.
By engaging with traditional and experimental life writing, students will investigate how people of African descent have used autobiography to confront questions of identity, family, memory, and systemic injustices. We will study canonical works alongside contemporary life writing, exploring how different forms serve different purposes in the ongoing project of Black self-representation.
