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WEEK 1 INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS
W JANUARY 21
Introduction to materials; "Myth" (Abrams), "Fairy Tale #1" (Sapphire), Goliath Poem (Hayes), Aunt Jemima of the Ocean Waves (Hayden)
various writers
WEEK 2 SIGNIFYING ON MYTHS
M JANUARY 26
"Myth" (Abrams), "Fairy Tale #1" (Sapphire), Goliath Poem (Hayes), Aunt Jemima of the Ocean Waves (Hayden)
various writers
W JANUARY 28
"Introduction to The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism" (Gates)
WEEK 3 "AFRICA OR GREECE"
M FEBRUARY 2
DROP AND ADD ENDS
"The Ancestors" (Rushin), "From the House of Yemanja" (Lorde), "Esu Speaks the Moon," & "Palace Cleopatra" (Kocher), Necropolis" (Komunyakaa), "I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra", "Montage: MTV" (YK), "Anansi Meets Meter Parker at the Taco Bell on Lexington
W FEBRUARY 4
"Euridice" (Mullen), "Noir: Orpheus" (Hayes), "The Ghost of Orpheus" (Butts), "Narcissus Sits By The River to Take the S. A. T." (Bashir), "Narcissus in Plato's Cave" (Shepherd), "Pride" (Komunyakaa), "My Mother As Daedalus" (Kocher), "O Daedalus, Fly Away," "Danae" (Harris), "Danae" (Van Clief-Stefanon)
WEEK 4 LIVING THE MYTH
M FEBRUARY 9
Brutal Imagination (Eady), Eady interview recommended
Cornelius Eady
W FEBRUARY 11
Brutal Imagination; "If I Were an Epic Poem" & "The Black Backups" (Rushin); The Venus Hottentot (Alexander); "Bellocq's Ophelia" (Tretheway), "Yard Talk: Hard Love" (Patterson), Goliath Poem (Hayes), Aunt Jemima of the Ocean Waves (Hayden)
WEEK 5 DOUBLE ENTENDRE
M FEBRUARY 16
Song of Solomon Toni Morrison
W FEBRUARY 18
Song of Solomon Toni Morrison
WEEK 6 DOUBLE ENTENDRE
M FEBRUARY 23
Song of Solomon Toni Morrison
recommended reading: "Unruly and Let Loose" Michael Awkward
W FEBRUARY 25
Like Sun Fallin In The Mouth Marcus Gardley
WEEK 7 DOUBLE ENTENDRE
M MARCH 1
in class: Conversation with Marcus Gardley
W MARCH 3
Angel, Interrupted Reginald Shepherd
M MARCH 8- MARCH 17 SPRING BREAK
WEEK 8 CATCH UP WEEK
M 22 OF MARCH
IN CLASS WRITING DAY -- midterm reflections
W 24 OF MARCH
PROPOSAL FOR FINAL PROJECT DUE -- meetings
WEEK 9 SCREEN EPICS
M MARCH 29
"Space Is the Place" (Sun Ra) --watch in class
W MARCH 31
"Leaving Saturn" poems (Jackson), Clark Kent and poems (Clifton), "Even If I Was Cleopatra Jones" (Foreman), "Understanding Al Green" (Matejka), "Mr. T–," "Shafro," "Shaft & The Enchanted Shoe Factory . . .", (Hayes), "Natasha in a Mellow Mood" & "Boris
various writers
WEEK 10 MYTH AS METAPHOR
M APRIL 5
The Gilda Stories Jewelle Gomez
W APRIL 7
The Gilda Stories Jewelle Gomez
WEEK 11 MYTH AS A MODE OF WRITING
M APRIL 12
European Folk Tale Variant (Mullen), "The Black Unicorn" (Lorde), "Cleo: Muse" (Shockley) various writers
W APRIL 14
Midnight Robber Nalo Hopkinson
WEEK 12 MYTH AS CODE
M APRIL 19
Midnight Robber & "Code Sliding" Nalo Hopkinson
W APRIL 21
Against Myth writings The Black Took Collective
WEEK 13 CATCH UP WEEK
M APRIL 26
IN CLASS READING AND WRITING DAY, LOCATION TBA
W APRIL 28
PRESENTATIONS
WEEK 14 PRESENTATIONS
M MAY 3
PRESENTATIONS
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