First-Year Courses in English This page was created at 12:30 PM on Thu, Oct 4, 2001. Fall Academic Term, 2001 (September 5 - December 21) Open courses in English (*Not real-time Information. Review the "Data current as of: " statement at the bottom of hyperlinked page) Wolverine Access Subject listing for ENGLISH Fall Term '01Time Schedule for English. ENGLISH 140. First-Year Literary Seminar. Section 001 – Black Multiculturalism. Meets with Afroamerican and African Studies 104.001. Instructor(s): Ifeoma C Nwankwo (icn@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). First-Year Seminar, Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. By examining key African American and Caribbean (Latino, Haitian, and West Indian) literary, musical, and filmic texts we will gain insight into the battles fought and the bridges built in the creation of Black culture and identity in the U.S. Both Caribbean immigrants and African American migrants from the South brought their own culture, music, and dreams of a utopian North (America). These cultures and dreams have clashed and blended, resulting in a variety of definitions and expressions of Blackness. We will analyze the development of these definitions and expressions in relation to each other, considering questions such as: Are African American and West Indian equivalent in the U.S.? Should works written by African Americans that are set in the Caribbean categorized as Caribbean or as African American? Is the music of Wyclef Jean and/or Lauryn Hill African American or is it Caribbean? Are the portrayals of Caribbean Blacks in How Stella Got Her Groove Back stereotypical? Is or can Latinidad be Blackness? (At key points we will also reference African Canadian, Caribbean Canadian, and Black British texts and cultures.) Required texts: Edwidge Danticat, Breath, Eyes, Memory; Junot Diaz, Drown Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of Frederick Douglass; Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; Paule Marshall, Brown Girl, Brownstones; Claude McKay, Home to Harlem; Course pack with excerpts and articles – authors include Zora Neale Hurston, Louise Bennett, Nicolas Guillen, Stuart Hall, and Carole Boyce Davies Course Requirements: Short weekly essays, midterm exam, individual and group presentations, final research paper. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. ENGLISH 217. Literature Seminar. Section 001 – The Memoir as Art and Remembrance Instructor(s): Peter M Bauland (pbauland@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Completion of the Introductory Composition requirement. (3). (HU). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The art of the author's personal memory, whether taking the form of autobiography, fiction, drama or film, has found great favor in recent years. Examples from several genres will help us study the importance of memory and the artistic forms it can take. We will try to determine what these varied works have to say about the individuals recalling their life and times. Probable authors and filmmakers: Russell Baker, Phillip Roth, Eva Hoffman, Frank McCourt, Primo Levi, Geoffrey Wolff, Tobias Wolff, Margaret Atwood, Woody Allen, and Federico Fellini. Class size should allow each student a chance to lead discussion. One short paper; one longer critical/analytical essay. Course requires your actively and intelligently participating presence as we try to learn together [which is the nature of a seminar] about the nature and importance of remembrance. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 2 Waitlist Code: No Data Given. ENGLISH 245 / RCHUMS 280 / THTREMUS 211. Introduction to Drama and Theatre. Section 001. Instructor(s): Robert J Cardullo (cardullo@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in RC Hums. 281. (4). (HU). Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. See Theatre and Drama 211.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: 1 ENGLISH 270. Introduction to American Literature. Section 001. Instructor(s): Gorman L Beauchamp (gormanb@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. In this course we will study some of the major American fiction from the last part of the nineteenth and first part of the twentieth century, stressing the study of social convention and the individual’s relation to it. Works to be read include Huck Finn, Daisy Miller, The Red Badge of Courage, The Awakening, The Age of Innocence, The Great Gatsby, As I Lay Dying, and Their Eyes Were Watching God. There will be frequent short writing assignments, two 4-5 page papers, and two exams. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. This page was created at 12:30 PM on Thu, Oct 4, 2001. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | First-Year Handbook | First-Year Information | Parent Handbook | LS&A Bulletin This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2001 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.