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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016): For Friday: Poems by Claude McKay (pp.289-298)
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016). Wednesday, November 16, 2016. For Friday: Poems by Claude McKay (pp.289-298). For Friday, read the following poems by Claude McKay:. If We Must Die. On a Primitive Canoe. The Tropics in New York. When Dawn Comes to the City. The two post-Harlem poems, Saint Isaac's Church, and Barcelona, are optional]. De mo' me wuk, de mo' time hard,. I don't know what fe do;. I ben' me knee an' pray to Gahd,. Yet t'ings same as befo.'. De taxes knocking' at me door,. Also, does...
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016): For Monday: The Women of the Renaissance
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016). Friday, November 11, 2016. For Monday: The Women of the Renaissance. Photo of Mamie Estelle Fearing Scurlock, by Addison Scurlock, c.1910. For Monday's class, read all the female poets included in our anthology of the Harlem Renaissance:. Bennett, "Song" and "Hatred" (pp.221-223). Cowdery, "The Young Voice Cries" (pp.238-240). Fauset, "La Vie C'est La Vie" and "Dead Fires" (pp.254-255). Spencer, "Lady, Lady" (p.299). Why might this be? Where is there true allegia...
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016): September 2016
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016). Monday, September 26, 2016. For Wednesday: Culler, Chapter 7: "Performative Language". For Wednesday, be sure to read Ch.7 of Culler (the penultimate chapter we'll read of this book) and prepare for an in-class response. This chapter is a bit tricky, so here are some ideas to consider to help you prepare:. What is the basic difference between a constative and performative utterance? Under what circumstances can a constative become. What does Butler mean by gender...
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016): August 2016
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016). Wednesday, August 31, 2016. For Friday: Sappho: "Her Girls and Family". For Friday's class, we might dip back into some of the poems from the previous sections, so let's only add one more section: "Her Girls and Family" (pp.33-53). We'll do another writing in class on Friday, focusing more on the differences of translation, particularly between rhyme and free verse. Here are some other ideas to consider which might come up:. In Chapter 5, Culler writes that "The ...
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016): For Wednesday: Hughes' Poetry (see below)
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016). Monday, November 7, 2016. For Wednesday: Hughes' Poetry (see below). For Wednesday, make sure to read all the selections below from Langston Hughes:. The Negro Speaks of Rivers. Advertisement for the Waldorf-Astoria. As you read, consider some of the following ideas:. How does Hughes' style compare with Cullen's? Would Cullen agree with his approach? How do these poems seem to illustrate Hughes' ideas of the "racial mountain" in his essay? In traditional literatu...
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016): Critical Paper #2: Theoretical Perspectives
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016). Monday, November 21, 2016. Critical Paper #2: Theoretical Perspectives. Critical Paper #2: Theoretical Perspectives. 8220;Are they being called upon to “preach”? To be “salesmen”? To “prostitute” their writing? Must they “sully” themselves? Must they write “propaganda”? No; it is a question of awareness, of consciousness; it is above all, a question of perspective.” (Wright, Blueprint for Negro Writing). Ideas and the perspectives that we now take for granted?
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The Virtual Astrolabe : November 2014
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Sunday, November 30, 2014. Prokofiev’s Symphonies: A Cycle for the Ages? 160; Or even more to the point, does a cycle have to consist of equally popular and lasting works, or can some have almost no identity outside of the cycle itself? 160; Here’s a quick look at Prokofiev’s seven—er, seven and a half—symphonies and why they should be considered as a cycle in their own right, as well as magnificent compositions individually. . Labels: 20th century music. Monday, November 24, 2014. Century virtually adop...
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016): November 2016
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Critical Responses to Poetry (Fall 2016). Monday, November 21, 2016. Thinking About Theory (One Last Time). Thinking About Theory (One Last Time). A light bulb moment so you say, “oh, I never thought about it like that before! Some theories we’ve discussed that work well with Shakespeare and the Harlem Renaissance writers:. Chapters 4,5,7, and 8 in Culler. Greenblatt, “The Circulation of Social Energy”. Essays in The Portable. The idea of class constructions being the most important way to read history a...
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016): September 2014
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016). Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Finding Sources for Paper #2. EX: I want to write a guide about how to self-publish your own novel. What are other writers saying about this? What is their advice? Is it the same as mine? Who would the naysayers be to my approach/ideas? Step #3: The link brings me to a summary of the article complete with an abstract: “. The author discusses his experience. The Breeders." Topics include the benefits and drawbacks in his experience of at...
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016): For Thursday: Escape From Camp 14, Chapters 16-20; also, Paper #3 assignment
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Freshman Composition I (Fall 2016). Tuesday, October 25, 2016. For Thursday: Escape From Camp 14, Chapters 16-20; also, Paper #3 assignment. For Thursday, read Chapters 16-20 of Escape from Camp 14. There are no questions this time, though we'll do an in-class writing response based on a specific passage in the work. We'll also discuss more writing techniques to help you with Paper #3, which I handed out in class (see below):. Paper #3: The Conversation of Camp 14. Choose ONE of the following:. How can y...
