FINAL BLOG PROMPTS (AND OTHER REMINDERS) 1.)Everyone – Please be sure to send me your WHAT/HOW/WHY argumentative thesis via email by this Wednesday May 22 at 10 pm. Send these to my lwcunningham@wlu.edu address. You might also want to read the “Politics of Passing” handout…
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3. What do you think of Glenn Ligon‘s artwork entitled RUNAWAYS? What part of it is of the most interest to you and why? Also, what did you think of the related INTERWOVEN exhibit in Brownsburg, VA? What part of it is of most interest to you and…
1 CommentA)Everyone in the class: Here is a link to Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust film in full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ket0T3zWwc Continue watching it in full from the 34 minute mark, which is where we stopped in class today. We’ll discuss it some more tomorrow. Here also is…
Leave a CommentSee slightly edited syllabus below. (Also — Remember that you must read all of James Weldon Johnson’s novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by 5/21 so keep on with that reading now.) English/Africana 265 in Spring Term 2024 CONSTRUCTING BLACK LIVES IN FILM AND LITERATURE…
Leave a CommentReminders (and your first essay guidelines are at the end of this message too)…. 1.)WE DO NOT HAVE CLASS ON TUESDAY MAY 14 FROM 9 am to 12 noon. YOU SHOULD STILL BE READING JAMES WELDON JOHNSON’S _AUTOBIOGAPHY OF AN EX COLORED MAN_ NOVEL AND…
Leave a Commenta) Melba as heir to social gospel of Grandma Throughout the first 15 chapters of Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Beals, the intimate and nuanced relationship between Melba and Grandma India is noteworthy. Through Melba’s recount of her adolescent life, the reader can sense that Grandma…
2 Commentsi.)Effects of genre choice (memoir including other documents): personal + historical (wounds often glossed over by national myths and truths, but not here…?) The memoir “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals is valued for its authenticity and the personal voice of the author herself. Beals…
3 CommentsThis syllabus will also be distributed in hardcopy and distributed via email. English/Africana 265 in Spring Term 2024 CONSTRUCTING BLACK LIVES IN FILM AND LITERATURE Professor: Leslie Wingard Cunningham, W & L University Office: Washington Hall 304 Email: lwcunningham@wlu.edu Class Days/Time/Locale: TWR 9:00 am–12:00 noon…
Leave a CommentDon’t forget to read Chapters 1-15 of WARRIORS DON’T CRY, which is a memoir by Melba Beals, by Tuesday morning May 7 at 9:00 am, okay? I’ll also be alerting you on this Saturday May 4 regarding your full syllabus including other assignments for the…
Leave a CommentHi English/Africana 265, As promised, here are your five reminders below. ….and here also is Spike Lee’s film FOUR LITTLE GIRLS in full — https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8r40ot See you tomorrow, LWC FIVE REMINDERS 1.)The two books that you should purchase for class are WARRIORS DON’T CRY and…
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