Staging Blackness: African American Theater
ENGL 385
Spring 2023
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01
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| Crosslisting:
THEA 323, AFAM 323, FGSS 323 |
This course surveys the dynamism and scope of African American dramatic and performance traditions. We begin with a deep historical examination of 19th century blackface minstrelsy that then progresses into a long-view of how black American dramatists and theater-makers have self-fashioned black dramatic narratives, black aesthetics, and black representations into the twenty-first century. In all cases, we are interested in surveying the ways in which these artists work within varying modes of dramatic expression and focus their plays and performances on such topics as class, ethnicity, era, fragmentation, gender, history, region, revolution, nationality, race, sexuality, and spectatorship. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFAM-MN)(AFAM)(AMST)(ENGL)(FGSS)(THEA) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
George Aiken UNCLE TOM¿S CABIN (1859)
Zora Neale Hurston COLOR STRUCK (1925)
Langston Hughes MULATTO (1935)
Adrienne Kennedy FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO (1964)
Amiri Baraka DUTCHMAN (1964)
Robert O'Hara INSURRECTION (1999)
Suzan Lori Parks IN THE BOOD (1999)
Suzan Lori Parks FUCKING A (2000)
Tarell Alvin McCraney THE BROTHERS SIZE (2007)
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins APPROPRIATE (2013)
Jackie Sibblies Drury FAIRVIEW (2018)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Assignments include: Two short response essays; One group presentation; Research paper related assignments (abstract statement, annotated bibliography, research presentation); discussion posts, and one final research essay.
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: LH3, AL, elective
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| Instructor(s): McMahon,Rashida Z. Shaw Times: ...W... 07:10PM-10:00PM; Location: 116MTV102; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 5 | FR: X |
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