Love and Marriage in Modern Black Fiction
AFAM 318
Spring 2014 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 352 |
Much like its Anglo-American counterpart, the African American novel has developed around the marriage plot, with love as its "subject par excellence." This seminar examines the ways in which black writers, from Nella Larsen and Jean Toomer to Alice Walker and Andrea Levy, have appropriated and revised both the genre of the novel and the structure of the marriage plot, often exposing how racism and sexism complicate the marriage convention. We will also explore critically the difference between literary and popular fiction and what it means that a number of these love stories have found their way to television and film. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AFAM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Baldwin, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Jones, CORREGIDORA
Levy, SMALL ISLAND
McDowell, ed., QUICKSAND and PASSING
McMillan, DISAPPEARING ACTS
Walker, THE COLOR PURPLE
Wall, ed., THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD: A CASEBOOK
West, THE WEDDING
Wilson, FENCES
Course Reader
Films: THE COLOR PURPLE, DISAPPEARING ACTS, THE WEDDING, SMALL ISLAND, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short essays and a longer research project. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Class presentations. |
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