Undergraduate Literature Conference Keynote Address

The Fourth Annual MSU Undergraduate Literature Conference Keynote Address will feature Dr. Richard Schur, professor of English and director of the honors program at Drury University.

In his presentation titled, Can I Kick It? The Uneasy Relationship between African American Literature and Hip-Hop, Dr. Schur explores how hip-hop and African American literature each sought to gain cultural recognition and marketplace success during the 1980s and 1990s. Using Toni Morrison's Beloved and A Tribe Called Quest (among other examples), Dr. Schur examines how literature and music can create identities and build communities despite social and cultural tensions.

Free