English 871-001
Seminar in African American Literature: Black Literature & Film: Africa & the African Diaspora
Instr: Grayson, Sandra
Office: CRT 476; 229-4524
e-mail: sgrayson@uwm.edu
Office hours:
Course Information: T; 3:30-6:10pm; CRT 321
Course Description
Incorporating traditional methodologies and technology, this course focuses on works by contemporary black filmmakers and writers. Examples of topics to be considered include: alternative constructs of history (departures from a linear progressive construct of history); the use of community-based narratives; oppositional cinema; the representation of alternative worldviews; the text as political.
