ENGL 383.001 Assignments
2/27 - 3/10/06 (Weeks 5-6)


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SUGGESTION: start reading ahead in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man that we will get to in a few weeks. That way you are already familiar with the events of the story before we being discussing the novel in depth.
»»WEEK 5 (2/27 - 3/3/06)

  • for MONDAY February 27

    -- we'll finish with Du Bois "Criteria of Negro Art" today
    -- have read, taken notes on, and be ready to discusss: Schuyler "Negro-Art Hokum," and Hughes "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" (Collection 3)

  • TUESDAY February 28-- MARDI GRAS
    Laissez les bons temps rouler!

  • for WEDNESDAY March 1

    -- we'll finish anything left over from Schuyler and Hughes
    -- have read, taken notes on and be ready to discuss: Richard Wright bio material and "Blueprint for Negro Writing" (Col 3)

  • for FRIDAY March 3

    -- we'll finish Wright's "Blueprint for Negro Writing"
    -- have read, taken notes on and be ready to discuss: Wright's "Ethics of Living Jim Crow"

    »»WEEK 6 (3/6 - 3/10/06) ***NOTICE***Next week we start with Ellison's novel Invisible Man

  • for MONDAY March 6

    -- apologies for cancelling class on Friday. GROUP #1 will present on next Monday 3/13 instead of this Friday. I will try to meet with Group 1 during the last 10-15 minutes of class today.
    -- Hughes & Wright today
    -- please check out the site for the Paper #1 assignment, so you can start thinking about your first paper.

  • for WEDNESDAY March 8

    -- Hughes & Wright

  • for FRIDAY March 10

    -- have read, taken notes on and be ready to discuss: Petry bio material and short story "Like a Winding Sheet" (COl 3)

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