Unit I: Introduction and Foundations
August 26: Introduction to the Course; Race, Nation, Identity: Framing our Inquiry
September 2: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity
September 9: NO CLASS--ROSH HASHANAH HOLIDAY
Unit II: Narrative and the Novel
September 16: Medieval Romance/Premodern Race and Identity
September 23: The Rise of the Novel/Narrative Theory
Readings: |
Aphra Behn, Oroonoko
"Novel" and "Point of View" in Abrams
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Blogging: |
This week, I'd like for you to post to the blog examples that illustrate the various examples of "Points of View" detailed in Abrams. These can come from anywhere--your favorite short story or novel, something we've read so far this semester, or something you are reading in another course. Comment on how the point of view used in your example conveys something about the meaning of the piece in question. |
Literature Resource
Guide:
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Jacob Brill
Liz Bonhag Oroonoko Study Guide.doc
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September 30: The Contemporary Novel
Readings: |
Toni Morrison, Tar Baby (read to at least page 214 (up to Ch. 7))
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Blogging: |
Open topic this week. Please post 300-500 words in response to one of our readings, as well as at least one reply to another post.
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Literature Resource
Guide:
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Stacey La Scala
Andrew Chmielowiec
Tar Baby literary resource guide-1.doc *UPDATED*
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October 7: Theory and Critical Paradigms
Essay
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Presenter(s)
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Goyal, "The Gender of Diaspora in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby"
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Stacey |
Krumholz, "Blackness and Art in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby"
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Lou
Andrew B.
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Moffit, "Finding the Door: Vision/Revision and Stereotype in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby"
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Liz
Jacob
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Emberley, "A Historical Transposition: Toni Morrison's Tar Baby and Frantz Fanon's Post-Enlightenment Phantasms" |
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Duvall, "Descent in the 'House of Chloe': Race, Rape, and Identity in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby"
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Don |
Ryan, "Contested Visions/Double-Vision in Tar Baby"
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pamela
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Magness, "The Knight and the Princess: The Structure of Courtly Love in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby"
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Kelly
Selena
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Lepow, "Paradise Lost and Found: Dualism and Edenic Myth in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby" |
Adam & Scott
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October 14: John Edgar Wideman/The Question of Authorship
Readings: |
John Edgar Wideman, Philadelphia Fire
"Authors and Authorship" in Abrams
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Blogging: |
Open topic this week. Please post 300-500 words in response to one of our readings, as well as at least one reply to another post.
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Literature Resource
Guide:
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Andrew Bruso.
Lou Reid
Wideman P.F. Resource Guide.doc
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Unit III: Poetry and Poetics
October 21: Introduction to Prosody and the Sonnet
Readings: |
Terry Eagleton, "How to Read a Poem"
Edward Corbett, "Figurative Language" from Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student
Selected sonnets and poems
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Blogging: |
Select a figure of speech from Corbett and identify at least one example of that figure from our reading. Write a post of roughly 200 words discussing how the poem you have selected uses that particular figure of speech. What is its rhetorical effect? |
October 28:
Readings: |
No Readings--Library Research Session and Midterm |
Assignment: |
Midterm Exam (no blogging this week) |
November 4: Close Reading Presentations
Readings: |
No Readings--Seminar Participants will present Close Readings of Selected Poems. Please take the time to read over the blog to familiarize yourself with the poems others are working on this week.
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Blogging: |
Post the poem (or a link to the poem) you will be performing a close reading of during your presentation, along with a brief overview of the poem and things we should look for in the poem.
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Unit IV: Drama
November 11: Shakespearean Drama
November 18: Race as Performance
Readings: |
John Guare, Six Degrees of Separation (1990)
Abrams, "Drama"
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Literature Resource
Guide:
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Scott Schneider
Adam Ludwig
Guare Resource Guide.pdf
Guare Resource Guide.docx
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Assignment:
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No Blogging this Week--200 Word Abstract and Annotated Bibliography for Seminar Paper (Here are some guidelines for writing your Abstracts) |
November 25: NO CLASS--THANKSGIVING
December 2: From Page to Screen: Film and Literature
Readings: |
David Henry Hwang, M. Butterfly (1988) and David Cronenberg's Film Adaptation (1993) |
Blogging: |
Select a scene from the film and discuss how Cronenberg chose to adapt the same scene in the play. You can also choose a scene that Cronenberg adds, or chooses not to include, and discuss the impact that decision has on the adaptation.
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Literature Resource Guide: |
Donal Henke
Kelly Young
butterfly.docx
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December 9: Prospects and Consequences for Further Study and Teaching
Readings: |
No Readings--Formal presentations (reading from typed pages) of final essays in class. Selections should be about 2 pages, or no more than five minutes.
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Blogging Reflection (In-Class): |
Look back over your previous blog posts, first of all, and comment on what threads you see emerging in your own writing over the course of the term. Are there any recurrent themes, approaches, or ideas that you see? Are there any ideas in there that you would like to revisit, or have already? Second, what aspects of blogging to you most value, and how does that show up in your posts?
You don't need to post your response--we will discuss them in class.
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Final Draft of Seminar Essay Due in my Office by Monday, December 13th, by 5:00
December 16, 7:15 p.m.: Final Exam
Open topic this week. Please post 300-500 words in response to one of our readings, as well as at least one reply to another post.
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