ENG 461 [18819]/AFH 494 [95821] SIWL
POSTCOLONIAL MIRRORS
Pairing Novels in English by African American and Southern African Women
Professor Thelma Richard
E-Mail: tjrichard@asu.edu
· TEXTS: Dangarembga, Tsitsi, Nervous Conditions
· Head, Bessie, Maru
· Hurston, Zora Neale, Their Eyes Were Watching God
· Larsen, Nella, Quicksand and Passing
· Morrison, Toni, Beloved
· Vera, Yvonne, Butterfly Burning
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Wicomb, Zoë, You Can’t Get Lost in
Week 1 GC (Jan.
17-22) Lecture 1 Postcolonial
Mirrors
UNIT 1: POSTCOLONIAL DEFINITIONS OF THE SELF
Week 2 QGC (Jan 23-29) Lecture 2: Self as Text: A Created Coloured Culture
Quicksand & Passing
Groups: (D) Gender, (A) Regional, (B) Linguistic and (C) Formal
Week 3 QGC (Jan 30-Feb
5) You
Can’t Get Lost in
Groups: (A) Gender, (B) Regional, (C) Linguistic and (D) Formal
Week 4 GC (Feb 6-12) Com/Pairing the Novels by Larsen & Wicomb
Groups: (B) Gender, (C) Regional, (D) Linguistic and (A) Formal
UNIT 2: POSTCOLONIAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN SELF AND OTHERS
Week 5 QGC ( Feb 13-19) Lecture 3: Self Othered: Black, Female, and Unfree
Butterfly Burning
Groups: (C) Gender, (D) Regional, (A) Linguistic and (B) Formal
Week 6 QGC (Feb 20-26) Beloved
Groups: (D) Gender, (A) Regional, (B) Linguistic and (C) Formal
Week 7 GC (Feb 27-Mar 5) Com/Pairing the Novels by Vera & Morrison
Groups: (A) Gender, (B) Regional, (C) Linguistic and (D) Formal
MAR 5: MIDTERM DUE: EMAIL TO DR. RICHARD
UNIT 3: POSTCOLONIAL COMMUNITIES
Week 8 QGC (Mar 6-12) Lecture 4: Self and Community: Critiquing Patriarchies
The Color Purple
Groups: (B) Gender, (C) Regional, (D) Linguistic and (A) Formal
Week 9 MAR 12-19: SPRING BREAK
Week 10 QGC (Mar 20-26) Nervous Conditions
Groups: (C) Gender, (D) Regional, (A) Linguistic and (B) Formal
Week 11 GC (Mar 27-Apr 2) Com/Pairing the Novels by Walker & Dangarembga
Groups: (D) Gender, (A) Regional, (B) Linguistic and (C) Formal
UNIT 4: SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS: CHANGE AGENTS
Week 12 QGC (Apr 3-9) Lecture 5: Self and Society: Reconstructing the Folk
Maru
Groups: (A) Gender, (B) Regional, (C) Linguistic and (D) Formal
Week 13 QGC (Apr 10-16) Their Eyes Were Watching God
Groups: (B) Gender, (C) Regional, (D) Linguistic and (A) Formal
Week 14 GC (Apr 17-23) Com/Pairing the Novels by Head & Hurston
Groups: (C) Gender, (D) Regional, (A) Linguistic and (B) Formal
Week 15 GC (Apr 24-30) NOTES: Summarizing and Concluding the Course
Week 16 (May 1-2) MAY 2: FINAL PROJECTS DUE
BLACKBOARD THREADED DISCUSSIONS
WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF DEADLINES
As indicated above by the Q/G/C codes, every week you will post responses to Blackboard in your individual Group and to the Class Discussion Boards and complete self-testing Quizzes. Deadlines are very important for an online course, because as a class we can only work with what has been posted to Blackboard or e-mailed to the professor. Because of this, your grades will be based on meeting these weekly deadlines:
WEDNESDAY NOON Individual 250-word responses to Group Discussions
THURSDAY NOON Group Leaders’ 250-word responses to Class Discussion
SATURDAY NOON Individual self-testing Quizzes submitted
SUNDAY NOON Individual [2 or more] responses to Class Discussion