Poetics of Blackness
ENGL 222
Fall 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AFAM 220 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate, Queer Studies |
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 Requirement for: (CSCT)(ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Possible readings include:
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
Rowan Ricardo Phillips, WHEN BLACKNESS RHYMES WITH BLACKNESS
Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman, "BLACK GROTESQUERIE"
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Examinations and Assignments:
2 papers, weekly blog post |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course contributes to the fulfillment of the following English major requirements:
American Literature; Literary History 3 |
| Instructor(s): Palmer,Tyrone S. Times: ..T.R.. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: DWNY100; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 4 | FR: 4 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 9 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 7 |
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