Autumn Term

Week 1: N/A
Week 2: Vernacular Writing in English
Week 3: Vernacular Writing in Translation
Week 4: Contemporary Literature: Kei Miller
Week 5: The Harlem Renaissance: Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston
Week 6: The Windrush Generation: Sam Selvon
Week 7: Reading Week
Week 8: Gay Language: Frank O’Hara
Week 9: Black Arts Movement: Amiri Baraka, Jayne Cortez
Week 10: Caribbean Arts Movement: Edward Kamau Brathwaite, John La Rose
Week 11: Dub: Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Mikey Smith
Week 12: Folk: Helen Adam, Ivor Cutler, Jackie Kay

Spring Term

Week 17: Contemporary Literature: Harryette Mullen
Week 18: Contemporary Literature: Harmony Holiday, Warsan Shire, Danez Smith
Week 19: Mythology: Gloria Anzaldúa, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Maud Sulter
Week 20: Contemporary Literature: Junot Diaz
Week 21: Contemporary Literature: Fred Moten
Week 22: Reading Week
Week 23: Authenticity
Week 24: Cheap Signalling
Week 25: Decolonisation
Week 26: Reactions and Revisions
Week 27: Reactions and Revisions