ENGL 2074 - Black US Writing: Writing Through the Colour Line
Career: | Undergraduate |
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Units: | 3 |
Term: | 4120 |
Campus: | North Terrace |
Contact: | Up to 3 hours per week |
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: | Yes |
Available for Non-Award Study: | Yes |
Pre-Requisite: | 9 Units of Level I study including ARTS 1101 |
Assessment: | Online textual analysis 15%, In-class quizzes 15%, Scaffolded collaborative research essay and preparation 40%, Final examination 30% |
Syllabus: |
Ever since North American settlers started enslaving Africans to work their plantations, Black Americans have been leaving literary traces of their struggles behind. In this course we will be asking what it means for a literary heritage to have formed around a people whose ancestors were prohibited from learning the alphabet, and how this extraordinary tradition has managed to say (with Langston Hughes), “America never was America to me.” By probing the most powerful lines of division and exclusion in the USA, Black writing has consistently shown that the ‘world’s greatest democracy’ is undone from within by contradictions that white writers could never hope to capture. Can a minority speak the deepest truths of a national formation? This course answers, yes. It will ground students morally, politically and historically in the shaping forces behind a body of work that stands tall alongside the greatest world literatures. It will also help to explain the defining aesthetic qualities of this tradition, and shed light on ‘minority literatures’ more generally. |
Course Fees
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EFTSL | |||
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0.125 |
Course Outline
A Course Outline which includes Learning Outcomes, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching for this course may be accessed here
Critical Dates
Term | Last Day to Add Online | Census Date | Last Day to WNF | Last Day to WF |
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4120 | Mon 09/08/2021 | Wed 18/08/2021 | Fri 17/09/2021 | Fri 29/10/2021 |
Class Details
Enrolment Class: Lecture | |||||||
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Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
28550 | LEC0 | 180 | 118 | This class does not have any timetabled face-to-face sessions. Please check MyUni or contact your Course Coordinator for details. | Note: This lecture is pre-recorded and can be viewed any time after publication in MyUni. Please refer to MyUni for details once enrolled. | ||
Related Class: Tutorial | |||||||
Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
24369 | TU04 | 30 | 10 | 27 Jul - 14 Sep | Tuesday | 4pm - 5pm | MyUni, OL, Online Class |
5 Oct - 26 Oct | Tuesday | 4pm - 5pm | MyUni, OL, Online Class | ||||
24370 | TU03 | 30 | 4 | 27 Jul - 14 Sep | Tuesday | 2pm - 3pm | Barr Smith South, 200, Writing Studio |
5 Oct - 26 Oct | Tuesday | 2pm - 3pm | Barr Smith South, 200, Writing Studio | ||||
24371 | TU02 | 30 | 14 | 29 Jul - 16 Sep | Thursday | 3pm - 4pm | Barr Smith South, 200, Writing Studio |
7 Oct - 28 Oct | Thursday | 3pm - 4pm | Barr Smith South, 200, Writing Studio |