AML 4261-002-Spring 2026 - Roberts

Southern literature is full of dead people who won’t stay dead, haunted houses, haunted minds, curses, andghosts both real and imagined. Is slavery America’s Original Sin? Are we imprisoned in our own history? In this course, we’ll explore why. Students will be expected to read and comprehend at a very high level (this is an advanced course and will be taught as such) and produce sophisticated, erudite, clear, and intellectually-rigorous writing. Authors to be studied include Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Angelina Grimké, Ralph Ellison, Randall Kenan and others. Meets te requirements for 4000+ and genre courses.