History of Francophone West Indian and African literature from the 1920s through the 1950s. Writers studied include Aime and Suzanne Cesaire, Leon Gontran Damas, Leopold Sedar Senghor, and Jane and Paulette Nardal.

Prerequisites: Upper-division standing.

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Roberto Strongman
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52 reviews

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BLKST130A . Strongman R D 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

A good professor that will draw you into the material. Reading is heavy, but most of the time, a simple summary and logical thinking are enough to understand and answer the questions given.

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BLST130A . Strongman R D 5 Years Ago

Strongman is extremely knowledgeable in his field but his lectures can be a bit monotonous. He assigns readings from a reader and two short books. There are three papers that are fairly easy if you take great knows based off of what he says in lecture. Does not use PowerPoint and only gave us one pop quiz and a short presentation.

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130A . Strongman R D 6 Years Ago

Super expensive $70 reader only to be assigned 4-5 stories/poems. The rest of the book is "for fun". It was hard to tell what he wanted, I'd turn in an essay I thought was amazing and get a C. My final essay was crap, I even turned it in a day late and got an A. Only 3 essay grades and 2 quizzes so there's no room to actually improve your grade.

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130A . Strongman R D 9 Years Ago

Strongman is a tough grader and professor. You will not get by easily in this class. HOWEVER, he is so, so brilliant and very passionate about the material. If you put in the effort (and I mean a lot of it) and really engage, your grade will reflect it and you grow intellectually. Don't take on a heavy classload, but definitely worth taking!

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BLACK130A . Strongman R D 13 Years Ago

Good.

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BLST130A . Strongman R D 14 Years Ago

He got me into graduate school! He helped me write a good writing sample and wrote me an awesome letter or rec. Dr. Strongman is A+ all the way.

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