HUM 211 Course Pack - Online Index -
UNDER CONSTRUCTION: BEING REVISED FOR WINTER 2010
Fall 2007
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1.
Introduction
| REQUIRED READINGS: |
| 1.1
Images
of Africa &
African History HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/imagesofAfrica.htm |
| 1.1 Contents: Introduction | Interview with Ali Mazrui (Summary) | Issues in African History (Excerpt), by Prof. James Giblin | Interview with Chinua Achebe (2000): Excerpt) | Works Cited |
| 1.2 Culture,
Religion, and Myth: Interdisciplinary Approaches
HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/culture.htm |
| 1.2 Contents: Cultural Anthropology | Comparative Religious Studies | Myth Theory & Criticism | Sources |
| 1.3 Cross-Cultural Study: Some Considerations
HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/crossculture.htm |
| 1.3 Contents:
A Message from Ron Mpho Shea Solberg (1998) |
Interview with Chinua Achebe (2000): Excerpt)
| An Arena of Learning & Change (Reed Way Dasenbrock, 1992) |
Cross-Cultural Translation
(Anuradha
Dingwaney & Carol Maier, 1992) | A Code of Conduct for "Cross-Boundary Discourse" (Jacqueline Jones Royster, 1996) | Works Cited |
|
Recommended Online Resources: African Timelines: History, Orature, Literature, & Film Table of Contents: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm Part I: Ancient Africa: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline.htm Part II: African Empires: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline2.htm Student Perspectives: Cross-Cultural Contact Zone http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/contactzone.htm |
2. Traditional African Oral Arts & Keita: Heritage of the Griot (Fall 2007 Course Plan: Wks #1-3)
| REQUIRED READINGS: |
| 2.1
In
Praise of the Word: Traditional African Oral Arts HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/praiseword.htm |
| 2.1
Contents:
In
Praise of the Word | Orality & Literacy: Different Ways of Knowing*
| Twi
Proverb | Ikemefuna's Song
[from Things Fall Apart] | Fulani
Poetic Genres | African Music & Culture | African Tribal Dances & Music
(CD) | Works Cited *New Handout: Orality vs. Literacy Chart (MS Word document) |
| 2.2
African Praise Songs HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/praisesongs.htm |
| 2.2
Contents:
What's
in an African Name? African Praise Songs | "Ambara, The Interpreter" |
More Dogon Tiges, or Praise Songs | Contemporary Praise Songs | HUM 211 Student Praise Songs | Works Cited |
| 2.3 Epic of
Sundjata HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/sundjata.htm |
| 2.3
Contents:
What is an Epic? | The Mali Empire | Epic
Story of Sundjata | On Translating Orature into Literature | What is a Griot? | Excerpts from Sundjata Epic | Web Sources: West African Music & Culture | A Spirit Song | Works Cited |
| 2.4
Keita
Film Notes & Viewing Guide HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Keitafilmnotes.htm |
| 2.4 Contents: Film Introduction | Characters | Film Sequence & Scene Notes | Mande Heroes | Wisdom Proverbs in Keita | Works Cited |
|
Recommended Online Resources: Oumou Sangare: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Sangare.htm More HUM 211 Student Praise Songs: Student Perspectives: "The Past to Future Keita," by Dawn Hendrix (Hum 211, Fall 1998): http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/hendrix.htm Student Perspectives: "Significance of the Griot," by Eli Smith (HUM 211, Fall 2000): http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/smith.htm |
3. African Holocaust & African Diaspora (Fall 2007 Course Plan: Weeks #3-4)
| REQUIRED READINGS: |
|
3.1 The
African Holocaust & African Diaspora HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/diaspora.htm |
|
3.2 Olaudah Equiano
ONLINE
ONLY: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/equiano.htm |
| 3.2
Contents:
Introduction
| Summary of Equiano's Story | Read Excerpts from
Equiano's Narrative
| 1789 Review of Equiano's Narrative | Significance of Equiano's Narrative | Works Cited |
|
3.3 Amistad: The True Story
& the Film
ONLINE ONLY: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/amistad.htm |
| 3.4 I Is a Long Memoried Woman
Film Notes & Viewing Guide HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/womanfilmnotes.htm |
| 3.4
Contents:
Film
Introduction | Film Notes: Part 1 The
Beginning | Part 2 The Vicissitudes | Part 3 The Sorcery | Part 4 The Bloodling | Part 5 The Return | Film Director Frances-Anne Solomon's Commentary | Works Cited |
|
Recommended Online Resources: African Timelines Part III: African Slave Trade & European Imperialism: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline3.htm |
4. Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe (Fall 2007 Course Plan: Weeks #4-6)
| REQUIRED READINGS: |
| 4.1 Things Fall Apart
Reading Guide HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/TFA.htm |
| 4.1 Contents:
Part I:
Chs. 1-13 (pp. 3-88) | Part II:
Chs. 14-19 (pp. 91-118) | Part III: Chs. 20-25 (pp. 121-148) | Works Cited |
|
4.2 Achebe
in His Own Words HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/achebewords.htm |
| 4.2 Contents: IValue & Functions of Literature & Story Telling | African Literature & Oral Traditions | 1992 Interview with Chinua Achebe: Excerpts | Works Cited |
| [4.3 ] NEW* "Overview of Things Fall Apart" (paper only handout - contact Cora if you need a copy!) |
|
Bennett, Robert. “An Overview of Things Fall Apart.” [From Exploring Novels, Gale, 1998.] Literature Resource Center [full-text article]. Gale. Central Oregon Community College Barber Library, Bend, OR. 20 Oct. 2007. |
|
Recommended Online Resources: African Timelines Part IV: Anti-Colonialism & Reconstruction (19th - mid-20th centuries) http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline4.htm Part V: Post-Independence Africa & Contemporary Trends http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline5.htm |
5. Film & Literature of African Colonialism
(Fall
2007 Course Plan:
Weeks #6 - 9)
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| REQUIRED READINGS: |
|
5.1 NOTE: Afrique: Je Te
Plumerai had to be deleted from Fall 2007 Syllabus/Course Plan |
| 5.2 Chocolat Film
Guide & Resources HANDOUT
(partial) & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Chocolat.htm NOTE WELL: This is NOT the 2000 film of the same title with Johnny Depp, but the earlier (and much better!) 1988 film Chocolat directed by Claire Denis: See "Chocolat (1988)," Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094868/ |
| 5.2 Contents: Chocolat Film Summary & Title Allusion | Director Claire Denis | Cameroon | Narrative Frame Characters, with Commentary | On Narrative Structure, Theme, & Style | Narrative Past Characters, with Commentary | Chocolat Film Notes, with Critical Commentary | Works Cited & More Resources |
| 5.3 Tsitsi
Dangarembga & Nervous Conditions Reading Guide ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/dangarembga.htm |
| 5.3 Contents:
Tsitsi Dangarembga | Nervous Conditions
Reading Guide: Characters | Family Relationships | Places | Chapter Notes & Discussion Questions | Works Cited |
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Recommended Online Resources:
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6. South Africa (Fall
2007 Course Plan:
Weeks #9 - 11)
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| REQUIRED VIEWINGS & READINGS: |
|
In-Class Viewing: Cry Freedom (1987, UK-Zimbabwe-Kenya; dir. Richard Attenborough; in English, with some dialogue/songs in other South African languages; total Run-Time: 159 min. RATED: PG). |
|
6.x Apartheid Resistance Arts --NOT included-- |
| 6.1
J. M. Coetzee:
Biography HANDOUT & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/coetzee.htm |
| 6.1 Contents: Biography of J. M. Coetzee | Works Cited |
| 6.2
Disgrace (1999) Reading Guide HANDOUT (partial) & ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Disgrace.htm |
| 6.2 Contents: Introduction | Background on South Africa & Apartheid | Disgrace Characters | Disgrace Chapter Notes, including Student Chapter Contributions | Works Cited & Resources |
| Recommended Online Resources: TBA |
UNDER CONSTRUCTION: BEING REVISED FOR WINTER 2010
Fall 2007
HUM 211
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