University of Denver, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences




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Barbara J. Wilcots, Associate Professor

Department Home Page Faculty & Staff Page Personal Home Page Email: bwilcots@du.edu	Education B.A., Drake University M.A., Drake University M.A., Texas Woman's University Ph.D., University of Denver Areas 20th-Century American Literature Emphases: African-American, Caribbean, and Post-Colonial Literatures Major Publications "Toni Morrison's Folk Roots," African American Review 26.4 (Winter 1992) "African American Folklore," The Southern Companion to Literature, 2000, Louisiana State University Press In Rememory of Emmett: The Politics of Race and the Emmett Till Murder, forthcoming, University of Georgia Press Folklore and Literature, Gale Study Guides, Manly, Inc. Current Research African American folklore African American and Caribbean sacred spiritual rites Toni Morrison's narrative style. Courses Taught African American Literature and Criticism The Jazz Age Writers of the Americas American Autobiography The Modern American Essay American Expatriates in Paris Being Mixed-Race in America American Literature Survey III Faulkner and Morrison Literature of Social Justice.
	English Department, 2000 E. Asbury, Denver, CO 80208 Telephone: 303.871.2266, FAX: 303.871.2853 E-mail: lvandeve@du.edu University of Denver, 2199 South University Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80208, 303.871.2000 The University of Denver is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.