Kurs: Reading African American Poetry Now (And From Europe)

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Select section Allgemeines

Allgemeines

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  CONSULTATION HOURS: Do you have a question? An issue to discuss? Do not hesitate to contact me, (schormof@ff.cuni.cz) and set up an appointment!
Select section Introduction (7.10.)

Introduction (7.10.)
- Select activity In-class reading:
  
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  In-class reading:
- Select activity Terrence Hayes, “How to Draw a Perfect Circle”
  
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Select section What is African American Literature? (14.10.)

What is African American Literature? (14.10.)
- Select activity Kenneth W. Warren, “On ‘What Was African American Literature’”, American Literary Studies: New Text, New Approaches, New Challenges, 2010, 739-742.
  
  Kenneth W. Warren, “On ‘What Was African American Literature’”, American Literary Studies: New Text, New Approaches, New Challenges, 2010, 739-742. Datei
  
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- Select activity What Was African American Literature? - A Podcast with Kenneth W. Warren
  
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  Optional:
- Select activity Kenneth Warren, What Was African American Literature - BOOK
  
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Select section Young, Gifted, and Black: On Microaggressions and Serena Williams (21.10.)

Young, Gifted, and Black: On Microaggressions and Serena Williams (21.10.)
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  Please read pages 16; 21; 24; 27-35; 40; 45; 46; 51; 58; 70; 83.
- Select activity Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyrics - BOOK
  
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Select section Different Times, Different Bodies (4.11.)

Different Times, Different Bodies (4.11.)
- Select activity Danez Smith, "not an elegy for Mike Brown"
  
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- Select activity Margaret Walker, "For Malcolm X"
  
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- Select activity Amiri Baraka, "A Poem for Black Hearts"
  
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Select section Poetry, Civil Rights, and the Cold War (11.11.)

Poetry, Civil Rights, and the Cold War (11.11.)
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  Please read pages 3-17 (Introduction)
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- Select activity The Fight to Redefine Racism
  
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- Select activity Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism
  
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Select section Erasures (18.11.)

Erasures (18.11.)
- Select activity Please read CH4 "When Gwendolyn Brooks Wore Red" (...
  
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  Please read CH4 "When Gwendolyn Brooks Wore Red" (in this file, it's pp. 113-135). Poems will be distributed in the seminar.
- Select activity Mary Helen Washington, The Other Blacklist - BOOK
  
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Select section Essay Topics Presentation (25.11.)

Essay Topics Presentation (25.11.)
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- Select activity Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race
  
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- Select activity Combahee River Collective
  
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  HW: Please, send me a link illustrating your essay project (song/poem/article...).
Select section Surveillance (2.12.) AKA "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you"

Surveillance (2.12.) AKA "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you"
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- Select activity Popularization Article: "The FBI’s Spying on Writers Was Literary Criticism at Its Worst"
  
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  https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fbis-spying-on-writers-was-literary-criticism-at-its-worst?ref=scroll
  
  Thanks to Anastasiia for providing the link!
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  Thanks Peter for providing the song.
Select section Journeys (9.12.)

Journeys (9.12.)
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  Dear all,
  
  Due to the issues that came up while reading some of the previous texts, this is the new assignment for our next class on the concept of the Black Atlantic:
  
  1. WATCH THIS VIDEO ON THE CONCEPT (6 minutes)
  
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  2.FIND (AND READ) A REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL BOOK
  
  Using databases like EBSCO or JSTOR, find a review of Paul Gilroy's The Black Atlantic. Pay attention to the way the reviewer summarizes the book's main points and whether they present any counterarguments.You can also look at less formal reviews online:in that case, think also about the target readership.
  
  I am leaving the book posted here: if it is interesting or useful for you, I would encourage you to read at least parts of it, for our next class, however, it is not required.
Select section All That Rap: The Limits of the Literary (16.12.)

All That Rap: The Limits of the Literary (16.12.)
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Select section Harlem and Prague (6.1.)

Harlem and Prague (6.1.)
- Select activity A Long Way from Prague: The Harlem Renaissance and Czechoslovakia
  
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- Select activity Short video analysis of the motives in Dvorak's From the New World
  
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Select section Essay Deadline (31.1.2020)

Essay Deadline (31.1.2020)
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  Music:
  
  Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon: The End of Day
  
  Journal Articles:
  
  "An Authentic Record of My Race": Exploring the Popular Narratives of African American Religion in the Music of Duke Ellington
  Vaughn Booker"
  
  "Looking Sharp:Performance, Genre, and Questioning History in Django Unchained"
  
  "No Getting Around the Black"
  
  Articles:
  
  "Songs of Black Lives Matter: 22 New Protest Anthems"
  
  "LeRoi and Frank: On the Friendship of Amiri Baraka and Frank O’Hara"
  
  "A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism"