| describe the characteristics of African American narrative tradition and identify them in a text. |
| examine how black identity has been constructed and reconstructed over the years in different texts by the black literature. |
| evaluate and argue how syncretically formed black narrative styles and techniques, such as oral tradition and Signifyin(g) are used as tools of a unique way of criticism. |
| debate the importance of black experience in the development of ethnic literature and relate this unique black experience to African American literature. |
| appraise the contribution of African American literary works to both American and World literature. |