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Spring 2017-2018* ENG 391A / AAS 391 (LA) Graded A-F, P/D/F, Audit
Experimenting in Dark Times: 19th C African American Literature and Culture
V. Mitch
McEwen
Autumn
M.
Womack
This interdisciplinary course explores the intersecting worlds of late 19th century African American literature, technology, aesthetics, and politics. Although this period is commonly theorized as the "Nadir," or "dark point," of Black life, it was in fact a moment of artistic and social experimentation, as black artists and intellectuals traversed a range of media to imagine new futures. We will investigate this overlooked cultural moment and develop an understanding of black experimental writing's roots. In design studio, students will design historically experimental urban projects around the text's investigated in the weekly seminar.
Sample reading list:
W.E.B. DuBois, The Quest of the Silver Fleece
Sutton Griggs, Imperium in Imperio
Pauline Hopkins, Of One Blood; or The Hidden Self
Ida B. Wells, A Red Record
W.E.B. DuBois, The Philadelphia Negro
Reading/Writing assignments:
Students will have a choice to pursue their work through critical writing or a design project. Paper or final design review in lieu (50%); Oral Presentation (20%); 3 short response papers (30%); Design studio will meet M1:30-4:20
Requirements/Grading:
Paper in lieu of Final - 50%
Papers - 30%
Oral Presentation(s) - 20%
Other information:
This course is co-taught in the English department and the School of Architecture. Students who would like this course to fulfill the ARC 205 requirement for the Urban Studies Certificate in the Class of 2021 and beyond must enroll in course ENG 391B.
Schedule/Classroom assignment:
Class number | Section | Time | Days | Room | Enrollment | Status |
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43400 | S01 | 01:30:00 pm - 04:20:00 pm | W | McCosh Hall 34 | Enrolled:5 Limit:8 |