This course gives centre stage to written and performative forms of Black resistance. We will examine foundational Black works in Arabic, English and French by Black Arab medieval Poets, Frederick Douglass, Aimé Césaire, Edouard Glissant and others. We will counterpoint these texts with theoretical works that deploy Marxist, postcolonial, feminist and queer approaches to critique slavery, colonialism and neocolonialism. No prerequisites.
Code:
CW5085
Name:
THEORY AND WRITING: BLACK THOUGHT
Discipline:
CW (Creative Writing)
Type:
Regular
Level:
Graduate
Credits:
4
Can be taken twice for credit?:
Yes
Pre-requisites:
College Level=New Student - Grad OR College Level=Graduate OR College Level=Graduate - Continuing
Co-requisites:
None