F13 - Carib & Afrcn Lit/Cult Transla
Weekly outline
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SYLLABUS
LITR 077F/FREN 077 -- Fall 2013
(subject to modification: revised September 29th)
All readings will be posted on MOODLE or sent via email in some cases.
SEPTEMBER
4th Intro course + Poems
11th Notebook of a Return to the Native Land + A Tempest + reaction paper
18th The Fourth Century + reaction paper
25th Between Two Worlds + reaction paper
OCTOBER
2nd Lone Sun + reading notes
9th Crossing the Mangrove + reaction paper
+ Send in Home Essay via email and no later than October 12th
•Tuesday 10th The Farming of Bones + Edwige Danticat’s talk at 7:00PM
Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break
23th The Raptors (The Devourers) + reaction paper
30th Passages + reaction paper
NOVEMBER
6th In-Class Essay
13th Juletane + reaction paper
20th The Money Order + Film + reaction paper
•27th Thanksgiving + MRM at conference in Joburg : replaced on December 11th
DECEMBER
4th Film: Black Girl + reaction paper AND
Students in French will report on the TEXT
•11th Queen Pokou + reaction paper
••12th Class gathering @ 525 Elm Avenue or on campus
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH FINAL ORAL EXERCISE
2:00 to 5:00PM in Kohlberg 318
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Note that if you have not read or are not familiar with Shakespeare' s The Tempest, do read the play in order to better understand A. Césaire's adaptation for a Black theater.
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Reading of The Farming of Bones by Edwige DANTICAT
for Thursday, October 10th.
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Hello hello,Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PMin Kohlberg 318
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IN CLASS ESSAY
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2 REMINDERS
1) Please remember that after fall break, you were to choose one article, by group of 3/4, and send it to everyone.Therefore, a total of 3 articles for each text/film studied. Choose your partners and the team does not have to remain the same for all the articles.
2) Remember too that you are to read Evelyne Trouillot's Rosalie l'infâme/The Infamous Rosalietranslated by Marjorie Salvodon. This text will be used for your final exercise at the end of the semester. I have ordered two copies for McCabe and I have one copy to lend.
Questions? Don't hesitate to contact me!
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Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PMin Kohlberg 318micheline r-m
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2 REMINDERS
1) Please remember that after fall break, you were to choose one article, by group of 3/4, and send it to everyone.Therefore, a total of 3 articles for each text/film studied. Choose your partners and the team does not have to remain the same for all the articles.
2) Remember too that you are to read Evelyne Trouillot's Rosalie l'infâme/The Infamous Rosalietranslated by Marjorie Salvodon. This text will be used for your final exercise at the end of the semester. I have ordered two copies for McCabe and I have one copy to lend.
Questions? Don't hesitate to contact me!
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Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PMin Kohlberg 318micheline r-m
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2 REMINDERS
1) Please remember that after fall break, you were to choose one article, by group of 3/4, and send it to everyone.Therefore, a total of 3 articles for each text/film studied. Choose your partners and the team does not have to remain the same for all the articles.
2) Remember too that you are to read Evelyne Trouillot's Rosalie l'infâme/The Infamous Rosalietranslated by Marjorie Salvodon. This text will be used for your final exercise at the end of the semester. I have ordered two copies for McCabe and I have one copy to lend.
Questions? Don't hesitate to contact me!
AND
Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PMin Kohlberg 318micheline r-m
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REMINDER!
REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH; THE CLASS HAS BEEN MOVED TO DECEMBER 11th, with Queen Pokou by Véronique Tadjo.
...and have a good, restful, THANKS-GIVING holiday!
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PLEASE NOTE
1) Please remember that after fall break, you were to choose one article, by group of 3/4, and send it to everyone.Therefore, a total of 3 articles for each text/film studied. Choose your partners and the team does not have to remain the same for all the articles.
2) Remember too that you are to read Evelyne Trouillot's Rosalie l'infâme/The Infamous Rosalie translated by Marjorie Salvodon. This text will be used for your final exercise at the end of the semester. I have ordered two copies for McCabe and I have one copy to lend in French and English.
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Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PMin Kohlberg 318REMINDER!
REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH; THE CLASS HAS BEEN MOVED TO DECEMBER 11th, with Queen Pokou by Véronique Tadjo.
...and have a good, restful,
THANKS-GIVING holiday!
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2 REMINDERS
1) Please remember that after fall break, you were to choose one article, by group of 3/4, and send it to everyone.Therefore, a total of 3 articles for each text/film studied. Choose your partners and the team does not have to remain the same for all the articles.
2) Remember too that you are to read Evelyne Trouillot's Rosalie l'infâme/The Infamous Rosalie translated by Marjorie Salvodon. This text will be used for your final exercise at the end of the semester. I have ordered two copies for McCabe and I have one copy to lend.
Questions? Don't hesitate to contact me!
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Please note the date of your final exercise for the semester:WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH from 2:00 to 5:00PMin Kohlberg 318micheline r-m
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REMINDER
Reading and /or screening of LA Noire de... / Black Girl by Sembene Ousmane
The 3 French readers will report on the French text, and everyone watches and comments on the movie posted on Moodle.
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Reine Pokou, by Véronique Tadjo and
possible SKYPE in class-visit with the author from Paris, France
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Thursday, December 12th
Class gathering on campus
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Dear Class,
I am asking you to please send me your proposals for the two exercisesdescribed below, so that I can give you the green light in order for youto get started.The deadline for sending these is Wednesday, December 11th or earlier.1)•For the oral part of your final exercise I am asking you to choose a topicof your choice, and related to the various texts/films studied in the coursethis semester: you will each have 10 minutes maximum, and it can beaccompanied by anything else you would think appropriate to make yourpoint, such as video, music, etc. For Wednesday, December 18th, in K 318from 2:00PM to 5:00PM.2)• For the written part of your final exercise, you will write on The Infamous Rosalie and any other fiction text or texts read this semester: a maximum of4 pages (double space, 12 font Geneva), or what you think necessary to makeyour point. The form can be prose, poetry or a combination of both,accompanied by anything else you would think appropriate to makeyour point. Deadline to send this is Friday, December 20th.micheline @office hours orby appointment orefemail or610 328 86 80 or610 543 24 67
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REMINDER:
Dear Class,
I am asking you to please send me your proposals for the two exercises described below if you have not yet done so:
1)•For the oral part of your final exercise I am asking you to choose a topicof your choice, and related to the various texts/films studied in the coursethis semester: you will each have 10 minutes maximum, and it can beaccompanied by anything else you would think appropriate to make yourpoint, such as video, music, etc. For Wednesday, December 18th, in K 318from 2:00PM to 5:00PM.
2)• For the written part of your final exercise, you will write on The Infamous Rosalie and any other fiction text or texts read this semester: a maximum of4 pages (double space, 12 font Geneva), or what you think necessary to makeyour point. The form can be prose, poetry or a combination of both,accompanied by anything else you would think appropriate to makeyour point. Deadline to send this is Friday, December 20th.
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