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Poetry Writing Workshop: The African American Tradition
AFAM207 SP

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

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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