Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
ENM3020
Module Title
AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVELS AND DRAMA - AN INTRODUCTION
Academic Year
2009/2010
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Co-Requisite
ENM0120
Co-Requisite
ENM0220
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | Seminar. 2 hours per week |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 5,000 word essay Essay: | 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit any failed elements and/or make good any missing elements. Where this involves re-submission of work, a new topic must be selected. essay, 5,000 words | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the module, students should be able to:
1. demonstrate, in the written assignment, an understanding of the African American text(s) under review which is informed by an engagement with and understanding of relevant secondary reading on civil rights and African American history;
2. demonstrate an awareness of the broader cultural and theoretical issues raised by the module;
3. demonstrate an ability to write competently about the texts with reference to their cultural and historical background;
4. produce organized, coherently argued and critically informed work.
Aims
This module aims to enable students to:
1. study a range of African American prose and drama texts and engage with relevant contextual and critical material;
2. appraise some tof the challenges to the monolithic version of Americanness if the post-war period;
3. examine the ways in which the texts selected for study engage with or embody the complex conditions which gave rise to the Civil Rights Movement.
1. study a range of African American prose and drama texts and engage with relevant contextual and critical material;
2. appraise some tof the challenges to the monolithic version of Americanness if the post-war period;
3. examine the ways in which the texts selected for study engage with or embody the complex conditions which gave rise to the Civil Rights Movement.
Brief description
This module aims to examine the cultural, social, and political condition of the United States in the aftermath of the Second World War through the lens of a series of key African-American texts published in the post-war period. These African-American prose and drama texts allow an appraisal of some of the challenges to the monolithic version of Americanness in the dominant discourses of the time. These texts also embody, either prospectively or retrospectively, the complex conditions which gave rise to the Civil Rights movement.
Content
_1. Post-War American Drama
LeRoi Jones, "Dutchman" (1964); August Wilson, "Fences", (1986)
_2. Growing up in America
James Baldwin, "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (1953)
_3. Black Fiction and Political Strategies (1)
Ralph Ellison, "Invisible Man", (1952); James Baldwin, "The Fire Next Time" (1963)
'Eyes on the Prize', Selected episodes TV documentary; see also The Autobiography of Malcolm X
_4. Post War Drama by Women
Lorraine Hansberry, "A Raisin in the Sun", (1959)
_5. Black Fiction and Political Strategies (2)
Gloria Naylor, "The Women of Brewster Place" (1980); Ann Petry, "The Street", (1946)
LeRoi Jones, "Dutchman" (1964); August Wilson, "Fences", (1986)
_2. Growing up in America
James Baldwin, "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (1953)
_3. Black Fiction and Political Strategies (1)
Ralph Ellison, "Invisible Man", (1952); James Baldwin, "The Fire Next Time" (1963)
'Eyes on the Prize', Selected episodes TV documentary; see also The Autobiography of Malcolm X
_4. Post War Drama by Women
Lorraine Hansberry, "A Raisin in the Sun", (1959)
_5. Black Fiction and Political Strategies (2)
Gloria Naylor, "The Women of Brewster Place" (1980); Ann Petry, "The Street", (1946)
Reading List
Should Be PurchasedAnn Petry The Street Houghton Mifflin Primo search August Wilson (1995) Fences Plume Books Primo search Gloria Naylor The Women of Brewster Place Minerva Primo search James Baldwin (2001) Go Tell It On the Mountain Penguin Modern Classics Primo search James Baldwin (1990) The Fire Next Time Penguin Twentieth Century Classics Primo search Leroi Jones (1999) The Leroi Jones / Amiri Baraka Reader Thunder's Mouth Press Primo search Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun Methuen Primo search Ralph Ellison (2001) Invisible Man Penguin Modern Classics Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7