How Long to Read African American Literature

How Long Does it Take to Read African American Literature?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read African American Literature by Jennifer Terry

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This title provides an accessible, comprehensive and flexible guide to the field of African American literature. It ranges across fiction, poetry, drama, the essay and life writing from the late eighteenth century to the present day, introducing significant concerns, forms, texts, contexts and critical approaches. It has a thematic structure of five chapters designed to stimulate the observation of cross-connections as well as of differences between frequently taught works and moments: (1) Performing the Self: Autobiographical Writing; (2) Homespaces: South, North and Beyond; (3) Sounding Speakerly: Oral, Musical and Vernacular Strains; (4) Discontinuities, a chapter which reads texts through key debates about national and racial identity, gender, sexuality and class; and (5) Recent and New Directions. Combining awareness of contextual specificities in terms of production and reception with detailed discussion of works by such authors as Charles Chesnutt, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, W E B DuBois, Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Gwendolyn Brooks, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Ann Petry, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Ishmael Reed, Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Charles Johnson, John Edgar Wideman and Walter Mosley, the volume takes a questioning approach to definitions of what has constituted and might constitute 'African American Literature' and emphasises throughout diversity of experience and representation.Key Featureso A single-volume, comprehensive, flexible and accessible introduction to African American literature encompassing all genreso A detailed discussion of a diverse set of literary texts and authors from the late eighteenth century to the present day, organised within a distinctive thematic structure to highlight significant traditions, concerns and modeso Lucid engagement with critical and theoretical debates as well as emphasis on a range of

How long is African American Literature?

African American Literature by Jennifer Terry is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read African American Literature Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read African American Literature aloud.

What Reading Level is African American Literature?

African American Literature is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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