Laval Duncan
Department
English; African American Studies
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
- American Literary and Cultural Studies
- African American studies
- Detroit Oral History
- Poetry
Research
American and African American Literary & Cultural Studies; Detroit Oral History and Poetry
Education
- B.A., University of Louisville, 1963
- Birkbeck College, University of London
- PhD, Harvard, 1973
Awards and grants
Michigan Humanities Council, Humanities Center Working Groups, Educational Development Grant
Selected publications
Co-Interview with Kathryne Lindberg, “The Continuity of Living for Change: An Interview with Grace Lee Boggs” (Social Text, No. 67 (Summer 2001), 43-73.
"Scene and Life Cycle in Ernest Gaines' Bloodline," Callaloo,Volume I, No. 3 (May 1978), 85-101. Reprinted March 2004 by Thomson-Gale in Short Story Criticism Volume 67 (SSC-67) Hardcover and Online
Currently teaching
- Introduction to African American Literature - AFS/ENG 2390
- American Literature to 1865 - E3130
- Detroit Poetry: "Can't Forget the Motor City" - AFS 5310/ENG 5480
- American Literature since 1865 - ENG 3140
Intro to Poetry - ENG 2100
American Books - ENG 2310
Introduction to African-American Literature - ENG 2390
American Literature to 1865 - ENG 3130
American Literature since 1865 - ENG 3140
Black Detroit: Stories of Old Timers - ENG 5480/AFS 5310
Detroit Poetry: “Can’t Forget the Motor City” - ENG 5480/AFS 5310
Modern American Literature - ENG 5450
Studies in American Literature of the Twentieth Century - ENG 7410
Special Topics: African American Autobiography - ENG 7450
Special Topics: Acts of Autobiograph - ENG 7450