Reading Toni Morrison: Blackness and the Literary Imagination
AFAM 229
Fall 2020
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 241 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Writing Certificate |
This course will introduce students to the major works of the late Nobel laureate Toni Morrison (1931-2019). In addition to the trilogy--"Beloved" (1987), "Jazz" (1992), and "Paradise" (1997)--and "Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination" (1992; originally delivered as the William E. Massey, Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization at Harvard University in 1990), readings may also include the following novels (in chronological order): "The Bluest Eye" (1970); "Sula" (1973); "Song of Solomon" (1977); "Tar Baby" (1981); "Love" (2003); "A Mercy" (2008); "Home" (2012); and "God Help the Child" (2015). |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Toni Morrison, BELOVED
Toni Morrison, PLAYING IN THE DARK
Toni Morrison, JAZZ
Toni Morrison, PARADISE
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Examinations and Assignments:
One Historiographical Essay/Literature Review (1,500 words), two in-class Examinations, and one essay (2,500 words). |
| Instructor(s): Bertholf,Garry Times: ..T.... 01:00PM-03:50PM; Location: ONLINE; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 8 | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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