Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the demands of the class. I will announce changes to it in class when the need presents itself.
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January 16
Introduction
MODULE ONE: SLAVERY
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January 21
Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, First Third (up to "Onahal was retir'd to a Window with Aboan")
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January 23
Behn, Second Third (from "This Onahal as I said" up to "all imaginable Respect and Obedience")
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January 28
Behn, Final Third (finish reading the novel)
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January 30
QUIZ ON OROONOKO
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Chs. I-VI
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Chs. I-VI
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February 4
Douglass, Chs. VII-X through p. 75
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February 6
Douglass, Chs. X from p. 76-Ch. XI and Appendix
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February 11
PART ONE EXAMINATION ON BEHN, WHEATLEY, AND DOUGLASS
MODULE TWO: ZORA NEALE HURSTON AND THE "JIM CROW" SOUTH
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February 13
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chs. 1-5
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February 18
Hurston, Chs. 6-10
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February 20
Hurston, Chs. 11-16
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February 25
Hurston, Chs. 17-20
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February 27
PART TWO EXAMINATION ON HURSTON
MODULE THREE: CIVIL RIGHTS ERA AND BEYOND
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March 4
Do the Right Thing (1989), screening in class (120 minutes)
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March 6
Do the Right Thing (1989), continued screening followed by discussion
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March 10-14
Spring Break
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March 18
August Wilson, Fences, Act One, Scenes 1-3
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March 20
Wilson, Act One, Scene 4, and all of Act Two
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March 25
Colson Whitehead, Underground Railroad, Ajarry, Georgia
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March 27
Whitehead, Ridgeway, South Carolina
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April 1
Whitehead, Stevens, North Carolina
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April 3
Whitehead, Ethel, Tennessee, Caesar
Topic Selection Process Post
Topic Selection Process Post
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April 8
QUIZ ON LEE, WILSON, AND WHITEHEAD
Whitehead, Indiana, Mabel, The North
Whitehead, Indiana, Mabel, The North
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April 10
Get Out (2017), screening in class (104 minutes)
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April 15
Discussion of Get Out (2017)
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April 17
Attica Locke, Bluebird, Bluebird, Texas 2016, Part One
DRAFT OF SHORT PAPER ON RACE AND LIT DUE FOR PEER-EDITING
DRAFT OF SHORT PAPER ON RACE AND LIT DUE FOR PEER-EDITING
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April 22
Locke, Part Two, Chs. 5-8, Part Three, Chs. 9-11
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April 24
Locke, Part Three, Chs. 12-16
FINAL DRAFT OF SHORT PAPER ON RACE AND LIT DUE
FINAL DRAFT OF SHORT PAPER ON RACE AND LIT DUE
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April 28
Locke, Part Four, Chs. 17-21
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April 30
Locke, Part Four, Chs. 22-27, Camilla
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May 6
8-9:50am FINAL EXAM (CUMULATIVE)