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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the work of Anglophone Caribbean writers who grapple with the issues of colonialism, class, race, ethnicity and gender in a context of often-conflicting allegiances to Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. The main emphasis will be on fiction and poetry published since the 1950s, but we will also read some earlier 20thcentury literature to better understand the priorities and concerns of later writers. As we read, we will find some common concerns reappearing, such as anti-imperialism and nationalism, migrancy and homeland, and the relationship of literature to oral traditions and Caribbean music such as calypso, reggae and dub. Authors usually include Derek Walcott, Kamau Brathwaite, Louise Bennett, Grace Nichols, Olive Senior, V. S. Naipaul, The Mighty Sparrow and Jean Binta Breeze. (Claire Buck)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to sub-Saharan African literature, orature and film in English and English translation. Authors usually include Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, J. M. Coetzee, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Buchi Emecheta, Bessie Head, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Wole Soyinka and Amos Tutuola, among others. (Sue Standing) Connections: Conx 23001 African Worlds
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A study of the role of literary culture in the formation of modern Ireland since the late 19th century. We will examine the response of Irish writers to English racial stereotypes of the Irish and their attempt to create new images of Ireland and Irishness. Topics will include the viability of the Irish language in modern literature, the use of Irish mythology, the place of women in national culture, the role of the United States in contemporary Irish culture, and debates about the censorship of homosexuality. We will read drama, poetry and fiction by familiar figures such as Wilde, Yeats, Lady Gregory, Joyce, and Friel and less-familiar figures such as Marina Carr, Frank McGuinness, Marie Jones and Mary Dorcey. (Claire Buck, James Patrick Byrne)
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This course is a study of African American women's literature. It is also a survey of the topics and themes in American and African American women's literary history from the 19th century to the present. Topics include abolitionism; citizenship and suffrage; gender ideals and racial uplift; interracial alliances and relationships; expatriatism; and black assimilation, among others. Limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors. (Deyonne Bryant) Connections: Conx 20034 The Historical Context of Contemporary American Culture, Conx 23005 Women in the United States
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What makes a western a western, a musical a musical For Hollywood, genre has historically served as a form of product differentiation organized around specific narrative codes and conventions. Genres reveal much about how Hollywood interacts with and responds to shifts in audience tastes and cultural values. The course will introduce students to a variety of Hollywood genres and theories of generic formation in order to increase our understanding of the commercial, artistic and ideological function of genres. Required weekly film viewing. (Josh Stenger) Connections: Conx 20034 The Historical Context of Contemporary American Culture
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3.00 Credits
Just as painting changed with the invention of the camera, contemporary plays continue to be influenced by television and film. Some playwrights use the influence to create a new twist on the realistic tradition, while others write highly theatrical, often non-linear pieces that can only be performed for the stage. We will address the inherent tensions between these dramatic strategies, taking up the question of how content (political, socioeconomic, race, gender and aesthetic concerns) affects form. Readings will range from recent Pulitzer Prize winners to hot-offthe- press unproduced plays by some of America's most renowned, as well as emerging, playwrights. (Charlotte Meehan)
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3.00 Credits
A critical and cultural exploration of works and ideologies from Navajo and Hopi tales of origins to Puritan pathologies and predestined patterns, from enlightened progress to slave narratives and romantic reveries. Writers will include Wheatley, Edwards, Bradstreet, Franklin, Hawthorne, Stowe, Douglass, Poe and others. We will examine literature as historical and cultural document as well as individual testimony and demonic vision. (Beverly Lyon Clark, Samuel Coale) Connections: Conx 20057 Early American Studies
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3.00 Credits
A critical survey of race, class, ethnic, gender and immigration issues by the richly diverse authors of America's late 19th and early 20th centuries. Works by African American, Asian American, Native American and Anglo American writers such as Chesnutt, Dunbar, Du Bois, Hughes, McKay, Eastman, Eaton (Sui-Sin Far) Standing Bear, James, Wharton, Chopin, Hemingway and Faulkner. (James Patrick Byrne, Samuel Coale)
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3.00 Credits
Examination of writers since the post-World War II period from a variety of discourses and traditions in U.S. culture, including Native American, African American, Latino/a and Asian American. (Shawn Christian) Connections: Conx 20034 The Historical Context of Contemporary American Culture
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3.00 Credits
U.S. cinema has always struggled with both race and racism. This course examines the long, complex history of representations (and erasures) of racial difference in U.S. film. Although most mainstream films and public discussions frame race as a black-and-white issue, this course understands racial formations in the United States to be more multiple. We will watch films from a wide historical range that speak to and problematize the experiences of Chicanos, African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans and Anglo Americans (yes, white is a race, too) in the United States Required weekly film viewing. (Josh Stenger) Connections: Conx 20034 The Historical Context of Contemporary American Culture
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