English 871-001
Seminar in African American Literature: Black Literature and Film in Africa and the African Diaspora
Instr: Grayson, Sandra M.
Office: CRT 476; 229-4524
e-mail: sgrayson@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA
Course Information: TR; 11:00am-12:15pm; CRT 321
Course Description
Incorporating traditional methodologies and technology, this course focuses on works by contemporary African and African American 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.
