Type of Credit: Elective
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Number of Students
This course, an intensive study of Morrison’s novels, will especially focus on Beloved, Jazz, Paradise, Love, and A Mercy. Issues related to ethnic identity, memory, ideology and narration will be explored in the discussions. Students are also invited to apply different theoretical approaches to their textual analysis.
能力項目說明
This course, "Seminar on Toni Morrison," aims to familiarize graduate students with the thematic concerns, literary styles and narrative strategies in the novels by the renowned African-American novelist and Nobel prize winner--Toni Morrison. Students are expected to critically explore the issues of the formation of racial/ethical/communal identity, historiography and subjectivity through their textual analysis.
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Tentative Schedule
Week 1 Class Orientation
Week 2—Week 4 Essays
Week 5—Week 7 Beloved
Week 8—Week 10 Jazz
Week 11—Week 13 Paradise
Week 14—Week 16 A Mercy
Week 17— outline of the term paper: discussion
Week 18—term paper due
Grading Standard:
In-class discussion 20%
Oral report 20%
Written report 20%
Term paper 40%
"Unspeakable Things Unspoken"
Playing in the Dark What
Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction
Beloved
Jazz
Paradise
Love
A Mercy
Reference:
Bhabha, Homi. The Location of Culture
Denard, Carolyn. Toni Morrison: Conversations
Ellison, Ralph. Living with Music.
Fanon, Franz. Black Skin White Masks
Gates, Henry Louis. The Signifying Monkey.
Gilroy, Paul. The Black Atlantics.
The Official Website of Toni Morrison: http://www.tonimorrisonsociety.org/index.html