Poetics of Blackness
ENGL 222
Fall 2022
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 220 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
This course brings together Black critical theory and contemporary Black poetry in order to think through key sites of conflict in the theorization of Blackness. Rather than offer a literary history of Black poetry, this course is interested in approaching poetry as a crucial node of Black critical thought. Throughout this course we will pay particular attention to questions of form, genre, archive, queerness, gender, affect, visuality, ontology, and temporality as they approach and are undone by Blackness. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CSCT)(ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Justin Phillip Reed, THE MALEVOLENT VOLUME
M. NourbeSe Phillip, SHE TRIES HER TONGUE, HER SILENCE SOFTLY BREAKS
Tiana Clark, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE TREES WITHOUT THE BLOOD
Cameron Awkward-Rich, SYMPATHETIC LITTLE MONSTER
Shane McCrae, THE GILDED AUCTION BLOCK
Reginald Dwayne Betts, SHAHID READS HIS OWN PALM
Roger Reeves, KING ME
Ronaldo V. Wilson, POEMS OF THE BLACK OBJECT
Robin Coste Lewis, VOYAGE OF THE SABLE VENUS
Dawn Lundy Martin, "A BLACK POETICS: AGAINST MASTERY"
Rowan Ricardo Phillips, WHEN BLACKNESS RHYMES WITH BLACKNESS
Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman, "BLACK GROTESQUERIE"
Anthony Reed, FREEDOM TIME: THE POETICS AND POLITICS OF BLACK EXPERIMENTAL WRITING
Fred Moten, "BLACKNESS AND POETRY"
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Examinations and Assignments:
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: LH3, AL, Theory, elective |
| Instructor(s): Palmer,Tyrone S. Times: ..T.R.. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: DWNY113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 9 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 10 | FR: 5 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 2 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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