REL 262
Time and Blackness
Spring 2014
Division II
Writing Skills
Cross-listed
AFR 208 / AMST 208
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Class Details
The concept of time is one of the most examined, yet least theorized, concepts in Africana Studies. While the field is saturated with historical studies and literary analyses that take up issues of cultural memory, both of which involve thinking about time, time itself is rarely the subject of sustained inquiry. This may be due to its abstractness as an idea and the level of analysis its conceptualization demands, or because time in the African American experience cannot be understood outside of the meaning of race, which itself is far from tangible. In this tutorial, “Time and Blackness,” we will explore how African American writers across a number of genres understand time. We will read select texts of fiction as well as spiritual autobiographies, historical narratives, and sociological studies to understand how writers draw from — and create –paradigms of time to organize their work. The following questions will structure our investigation: What are the constituent elements of time in African American writing? How does race shape the ways a writer conceives of the experience of time? In examining writings across genres, is there something that we can call an identifiable African-American “timescape”?
The Class:
Format: tutorial
Limit: 10
Expected: 10
Class#: 3066
Grading: OPG
Limit: 10
Expected: 10
Class#: 3066
Grading: OPG
Requirements/Evaluation:
assignments will include six 2-page response papers; two 5-page writing assignments; and a final, 10-page review essay on how time is understood in a genre of writing
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
preference will be given to concentrators in Africana Studies, majors in Religious Studies, and majors in American Studies
Distributions:
Division II
Writing Skills
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
REL 262 Division II AFR 208 Division II AMST 208 Division II
REL 262 Division II AFR 208 Division II AMST 208 Division II
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REL 262 - T1 (S) TUT Time and Blackness
REL 262 - T1 (S) TUT Time and BlacknessDivision II Writing SkillsJames A. Manigault-BryantTBA3066
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