ENG 458 - Cora Agatucci
Comparative Literature: Colonialism/Postcolonialism

ENG 458 Tentative Course Plan ~ Spring 2002
URL of this webpage: http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng458/courseplan.htm

Week #1

Assignments Due:

 In-Class . . .
Mon. 
4/1		   Introduction to the Course: Syllabus, Course Plan handouts
What Is Post/Colonialism? [distribute copies of Hum 211 Course Pack: Preview African Timelines & Study Guides]
Overview of ENG 458 novels & films
Wed
4/3
bullet Read "Chinua Achebe: A Biographical Note," & "Chinua Achebe & the Invention of African Literature" [Introductory essays in Things Fall Apart, pp. vii-xxvii)
bullet Begin reading Things Fall Apart
Key terms & issues: Introduction to African Literature (outline)
Introduction to Chinua Achebe & Things Fall Apart
Assign Seminar #1 Summary (Things Fall Apart, Week #2)

Online Course Pack Resources:
Introduction to Post-Colonialism (Online Course Pack) to be linked
African Timelines Table of Contents:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm
In Praise of the Word: Traditional African Oral Arts, including 
Orality & Literacy: Different Ways of Knowing, and
Ikemefuna's Song [from Things Fall Apart]
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/oralarts.htm
African Authors: Chinua Achebe (Table of Contents):
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe.htm
Things Fall Apart Study Guide:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebTFA.htm 
Chinua Achebe In His Own Words
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe2.htm
African Story Telling
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/afrstory.htm

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Week #2

Assignments Due:

 In-Class . . .
Mon. 
4/8
bullet Things Fall Apart, Part 1
bullet Read "Igbo Culture & History," "Principal Characters..." & "Glossary..." (in Things Fall Apart, pp. xix-lv)
bullet Bring TFA Study Guide [in Hum 211 Course Pack]
Seminar #1 Leader: Cora
Discuss Things Fall Apart, Part 1

Seminar #1 Summarizers (everybody else)
Wed.
4/10
bullet Things Fall Apart, Parts 2 & 3
bullet Bring TFA Study Guide [in Hum 211 Course Pack]
bullet Seminar #1 Discussion Questions
Seminar #1 Leader: Cora (cont.)
Discuss Things Fall Apart, Parts 2 & 3; 
& Seminar #1 Discussion Questions
Assign Seminar #2 Report  
Fri,
4/12
bullet Submit (or post) electronic version of Seminar #1 Summary 
TO BE WEBPOSTED - Seminar #1 Summaries
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng458/Seminar1.htm
More Course Resources:
Images of Africa: Excerpt from Interview with Chinua Achebe
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/images.htm
Cross-Cultural Study: Some Considerations, including
 [More from]  Interview with Chinua Achebe
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/crossculture.htm
1992 Achebe Interview Excerpt:
"'If One Thing Stands, Another Will Stand Beside It'...":
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/achebe1992.htm
Reviews of Chinua Achebe's Essay Collections:
Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975) | Hopes and Impediments (1988):
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/coursepack/achebereview.htm
 Africa and Africans in [Joseph] Conrad's Heart of Darkness, by Candice Bradley, includes "Achebe's Critique & Images of Illness in Africa": http://www.freespeech.org/james/conrad/heart.htm
Achebe, Chinua.  "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness."  In Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays. [By Chinua Achebe.]  1988. New York: Anchor-Doubleday, 1990.  1-20.  On COCC Library Reserve.  
Call Number: PR9387.9.A3 H6 1990
Chinua Achebe: A World of Ideas [videotape].  Interview with Chinua Achebe,  Bill Moyers' PBS television series A World of Ideas (1989).  PBS Video, Public Affairs Television, WNET/New York and WWTTW/Chicago, Alexandria, VA; 1989. Films for the Humanities, 1994. 28 min.

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Week #3

Assignments Due:

 In-Class . . .
Mon. 
4/15
bullet Prep Seminar #2 Report (everybody) 
bullet Read online Seminar #1 Summaries
Discuss Seminar #1 Summaries (from Week #2)
Seminar #2 Reports: Everybody (on Achebe sources) & Finish discussion of Things Fall Apart
Seminar #2 Summarizer: Cora
Wed.
4/17
bullet Review Afrique, je te plumerai & Nervous Conditions Study Guide [in Hum 211 Course Pack]
bullet Begin reading Nervous Conditions
Introduction to & In-Class Viewing:  Afrique, je te plumerai (selected scenes)
Assign African Films Response (on Afrique & Chocolat: Weeks 3-4)
Distribute Nervous Conditions Study Guide corrections
Online Course Resources:
African Authors:  Tsitsi Dangarembga & Nervous Conditions Study Guide
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/dangarembga.htm
Afrique, je te plumerai
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/Afrique.htm
Chocolat to be linked

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Week #4

Assignments Due:

 Meet in Hitchcock Auditorium . . .
Mon. 
4/22		 Continue reading Nervous Conditions Discuss Seminar #2 Summary.
Assign Seminar #3 Leaders & Seminar #3 Summarizers (on Nervous Conditions: Weeks 5 & #6)
Introduction to & begin in-class viewing of  Chocolat (first 30 min.)
Wed.
4/24		 Continue reading Nervous Conditions Finish in-class viewing of Chocolat (75 min.)
Fri
4/26
bullet Submit electronic version of African Films Response (Afrique, je te plumerai & Chocolat) to Cora: cagatucci@cocc.edu

REVISED

Week #5

Assignments Due:

 In-Class (Mazama 2) . . .
Mon. 
4/29
bullet Finish Nervous Conditions & bring Study Guide
bullet Seminar #3 Discussion Questions on Nervous Conditions
Discuss African Films Responses (from Week #4)
Introduction to Tsitsi Dangarembga & Nervous Conditions
Discuss Seminar #3 Discussion Questions
Wed.
5/1
bullet Seminar #3 Reports on Nervous Conditions
 Seminar #3: Nervous Conditions
Seminar #3 Reports & discussion
Fri.
5/3
bullet Submit electronic version of Seminar #3 Report (or Outline) to Cora: cagatucci@cocc.edu

REVISED

Week #6

Assignments Due:

 In-Class  . . .
Mon. 
5/6
bullet Bring Nervous Conditions 
bullet Choose and purchase either Crick Crack Monkey or The Harder They Come (for Term Project Study Guide)
 Finish Seminar #3 on Nervous Conditions
Intro to Atlantic Slave Trade & the African Diaspora
Distribute I Is a Long Memoried Woman study guide
Wed.
5/8
bullet Read & bring I Is a Long-memoried Woman Study Guide
Introduction to I Is a Long Memoried Woman
Assign I Is a Long Memoried Woman Film Response

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Week #7

Assignments Due:

 In Class....
Mon. 
5/13		 Begin reading & taking notes on selected novel (either Crick Crack, Monkey or The Harder They Come) Meet in Hitchcock Auditorium:
In-class viewing of I Is a Long Memoried Woman (60 min.)
Wed.
5/15		 Continue reading & taking notes on selected novel (either Crick Crack, Monkey or The Harder They Come)
& Conduct Research		 Meet in Mazama 2:
Seminar #4: I Is a Long Memoried Woman
Discuss Final Study Guide Project
Themes & Issues in Post-Colonial African-Caribbean Literature

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Week #8

Assignments Due:

 In Class . . .
Mon. 
5/20

Finish reading & taking notes on selected novel (either Crick Crack, Monkey or The Harder They Come)
& Conduct Research

 Meet in Hitchcock Auditorium: Begin  In-class viewing of The Harder They Come 
Wed.
5/22
bullet Bring selected Caribbean novel, notes, resources & questions - be prepared to introduce your selected  novel & discuss Study Guide plans
 Meet in Mazama 2:
Seminar #5: Discuss Crick Crack, Monkey & The Harder They Come; 
Discuss Final Study Guide Project plans & resources 

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Week #9

Assignments Due:

 In Class . . .
Mon.,  5/27 - Memorial Day Holiday - No Classes
Wed. 
5/29		 Continue working on Final Study Guide Project & finish conducting research Meet in Hitchcock Auditorium: Finish In-class viewing of The Harder They Come 
Cora: Distribute Seminar Grade Reports

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Wk #10

Assignments Due:

 In Class . . . (Mazama 2)
Mon. 
6/3
bullet Preliminary Draft of Final Study Guide Project (with copies for everyone)
 Discuss Film - The Harder They Come
Course Evaluation
Begin Workshop on preliminary drafts
Wed.
6/5
bullet Read, critique & bring Preliminary Drafts of Final Study Guide Project
 Finish Workshop & discuss evaluation criteria for Final Study Guide Project

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Finals Week:  Scheduled Final Meeting of ENG 458:
Monday, June 10, 10:15 - 12:15 p.m., Mazama 2
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DUE:  Final Study Guide Project  (electronic version also required for web posting)

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IN-CLASS:  Discussion & Self-Evaluation

IN-CLASS:  Discuss completed Final Study Guide Projects
Self-Evaluation: apply Evaluation Criteria 

 

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