Here is a complete PDF version of the syllabus: ENG102 syllabus SP 18 Session I (Martin)
Week 1 (3/5 and 3/7): Multicultural Fiction & Linguistic Awareness
- Bishop (1990) – “Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors”
- Dialect Awareness for Students- Adger, Wolfram & Christian
Week 2 (3/12 and 3/14): U.S. & Caribbean Diasporic Fiction
- Guy (1983)- A Measure of Time excerpt
- A Happening in Barbados excerpt-Meriwether
- Cambridge (1988) –Clarise Cumberbatch Want to Go Home excerpt
- Childress- “Like One of the Family” & “Pocketbook Game”
- Blog Response 1 Due (3/12)
Week 3 (3/19 and 3/21): Speculative Fiction from the Caribbean
- “Once in a Blood Moon”-Browne-Bannister
- “Quaka-Hadja”-Franklin
- “Cascadura”-Williams OR “Maiden of the Mud”-Hosein
- Writing Workshop-Essay 1 (on 3/21)
Week 4 (3/26 and 3/28): African Diasporic Fictions
- “The Headstrong Historian”-Adichie
- “Fari, Princess of Tiali”-Diallo
- “The Arrangers of Marriages”-Adichie
- Essay 1 Due (3/28)
Week 5 (4/2 and 4/4): SPRING RECESS! No Classes
Week 6 (4/9 and 4/11): Foundational African American & Caribbean Poetry
4/9: (ONLINE CLASS)
- Poetry Workbook (pp. 128-129)
- 1. Post two original poems from the exercises.
- 2. Comment on at least 2 other posts from your classmates
4/11:
- Poetry Workbook (pp. 104-119)
- “Creation”- Johnson
- “The Poet” & “Life’s Tragedy”- Dunbar
- “Back to Africa”- Bennett
Week 7 (4/16 and 4/18): Multigenre & Translingual Poetry
4/16: Online Assignment (Blog Response #2 & Poetry Explication)
- Poetry – Cummings
- Poetry – Brooks
- Poetry- Madhubuti OR Poetry – Ellis
- Poetry – Martin
- “Carry Go Bring Come”- Bloom
- “Yardstick” & “Granny in de Marketplace”- Johnson
- Blog Response 2 Due (4/16)
Week 8 (4/23 and 4/25): Inheritance-themed Poetry
- “Parsley” & “Claudette Colvin”- Dove
- “What the Orphan Inherits”- Alexie
- Writing Workshop-Essay 2 (on 4/25)
Week 9 (4/30 and 5/2): Contemporary U.S. Poetry
- “Language Lesson 1976”- McHugh
- “I Do Not”- Palmer
- “Affirmative Action Blues”- Alexander
- Poetry Workshop (on 5/2)
Week 10 (5/7 and 5/9): Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege
- Basin [Act I Scenes 1-2] – Rudet
- The Ballad of George Zimmerman – O’Brien
- Colored – Miller
- Essay 2 Due (5/7)
Week 11 (5/14 and 5/16):Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege
- Dressing – Mansour & Manassah
- Night Vision – Morisseau
- No More Monsters Here – Gardley
- Essay 3 Outline Due (5/16)
Week 12 (5/21 and 5/23): Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege
- Some Other Kid – Patmatat
- Writing Workshop-Essay 3 (on 5/23)
Week 13 (5/28 and 5/30): Student Choice Readings
5/28: College Closed, No classes
5/30:
- Student Choice Readings
- Essay 3 Due
- All essay revisions due
Week 14 (6/4 and 6/6): Final Exam Week
- Final Exam Review (on 6/4)
- Portfolio Due (6/4)
- In-class Final Exam (6/6)
Week 15 (6/11): Individual Conferences
We will schedule all conferences on Monday 6/11 and Tuesday 6/12 (if needed).