ENG 458 - Cora Agatucci
Comparative Literature: Colonialism/Postcolonialism

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OSU ENGLISH 458 Syllabus - Spring 2002
Section #35377 - 3 credits
Mon. - Wed. 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Mazama Rm. 002

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English 458
OSU 2000-2001 Catalog Description: "Major works from Europe and the Non-Western world in the postcolonial period : WWII to the present." Contact Cora 
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Required
Textbooks
1. Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart.  Expanded Edition with Notes. [Year:] 2000 [Rpt.of 1996 ed.] [Publisher:] Heinemann. ISBN: 0-435-905-252 [Series: Classics in Context; African Writers Series].  First published: 1958.

2. Dangarembga, Tsitsi. Nervous Conditions.  Paperback Reissue edition (September 1996). Seal Press Feminist Pub; ISBN: 187806777X.  First published: 1988.

3. Hodge, Merle. Crick Crack, Monkey. [Edition:] paperback; [rpt. Feb.] 2001. [Publisher:] Heinemann. ISBN: 0435989510.  First published: 1970.

4. Thelwell, Michael. The Harder They Come. [i.e. the book, not the movie] [Edition:] Paperback reissue ed.: 1988 [originally published 1980]. [Publisher:] Grove. ISBN: 0802131387.  First published: 1980.

Other readings will be assigned from course pack & online resources.
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Film Viewings Afrique, je te plumerai [trans. Africa, I will fleece you]  Dir. Jean-Marie Teno.  (Cameroon, 1992; 88 min.)
Chocolat. 
Dir. Claire Denis.
(Marin Karmitz, MK2, 1988. Orion Classics, 1990. 105 min.)
I Is a Long-Memoried Woman 
Dir. Frances Anne Solomon.
(LedaSerene/Yod Video, 1990; 50 min.) 
The Harder They Come.
Dir. Perry Henzell. 
(International Films, 1973; 103 min.)  
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Course Grading 75 % - Seminar work (Participation, Summaries, Report, Response, & Leadership)
25 % - Final Study Guide Project
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Any student with a documented disability
(physical, learning, psychological, vision, hearing)
who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations
must inform OSU-Cascades and
Cora as soon as possible.

Contact Cora

Office Location: Deschutes 14 (Bend campus)
Office Hours: See current Schedule; also by appointment
Office Phone & Voicemail: (541) 383-7522
Mailbox (Humanities Dept. Office, Bend campus): Modoc 226 
Electronic mail: cagatucci@cocc.edu
or within COCC FirstClass: Cora Agatucci
Fax:  (541) 330-4396
Cora's Home Page:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/ 

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