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Poetry Writing Workshop: The African American Tradition
AFAM207 FA
Crosslistings: WMST173,ENGL173
Weekly assignments are designed to highlight various aspects of craft and to encourage students to explore and examine form, content and context. Readings will emphasize the work of African American writers. Students
will analyze critical essays
representing a wide range of poetics.
MAJOR READINGS
Lucille Clifton, THE BOOK OF LIGHT
Michael S. Harper & Anthony Walton, eds., EVERY SHUT EYE AIN'T ASLEEP: AN ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS SINCE 1945
Yusef Komunyakaa, NEON VERNACULAR
Dudly Randall, THE BLACK
POETS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly assignments, one oral presentation, one 8-10 page paper, final manuscript.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Rushin,Kate
- Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK403
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 12)
- SR. major: 4 Jr. major: 4
- SR. non-major: 2 Jr. non-major: 2 SO: FR: X
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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