HUM 211 MIC/WIC *Tentative* Course Plan - 

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: BEING REVISED FOR WINTER 2010

The schedule below was for Fall 2007
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HUM 211 - Culture and Literature of Africa - 4 Credits
CRN #40813 - Mon. & Wed. 12:45 - 2:25 p.m., Deschutes 1
 *Tentative* because, like all plans, subject to change with advance notice
See also Academic Calendar & Final Exam Schedule:
 http://current.cocc.edu/Degrees_Classes/calendar/default.aspx

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WK #1

ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED (updated)

Mon.
9/17
 

IN-CLASS: Introduction to HUM 211: Syllabus (incl. Learning Outcomes), Course Plan,
Intro Maps (ppt):http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/IntroMaps.ppt
 Preview Topics & distribute handouts:
1.1 Images of Africa & African History (handout)
Introduction to African Cultural History: African Timelines (ONLINE ONLY)
Part I: Ancient Africa & Part II: African Empires - Table of Contents: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm
 1.2 Culture, Religion, & Myth (handout) and
1.3 Cross-Cultural Study: Some Considerations (handout)
 NO Time for In-Class Viewing: Film Clip from Amistad (1997, USA: dir. Steven Spielberg)
 Assign Seminar #1 [handout]. 

Wed.
9/19
 

Assignments DUE:
(1) READ & BRING:
     1.1  Images of Africa & African History (handout)
     1.2  Culture, Religion & Myth: Interdisciplinary Approaches (handout)
    1.3  Cross-Cultural Study: Some Considerations (handout)
 (3) DUE: Seminar #1 Prep (handout)

IN-CLASS: Discuss student Questions re: HUM 211 & Day 1 handout/s - Distribute rest of Course Plan & Online Course Pack Table of Contents/links (handouts).
Seminar #1 & Class Discussion of Group Reports & today's assigned readings.
 Introduction to Traditional African Oral Arts:  
Distribute & Preview 2.1 In Praise of the Word & Orality vs. Literacy Chart, and 2.2 African Praise Songs (handouts)
In-Class Listening:  "Two Shellini" from Gift of the Tortoise
 Assign Seminar #2  Prep [handout]
Recommended: Read past HUM 211 Student Praise Songs Online:
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/studentpraise.htm
and Fall 2004 Student Praise Songs Online:
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/studentpraisef04.htm

Week #1 - COCC Bookstore Rush Hours:
Mon. 9/17 -Thurs. 9/20: 8:00 am - 7:30 pm; & Fri. 9/21: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Week #1 Drop-in Advising available at CAP Center (COCC Library lower level): Mon-Fri
Week #1 Extended Registration Hours in BEC (Boyle Education Center):
Mon. 9/17 through Thurs. 9/20: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
See also Academic Calendar & Final Exam Schedule:
 http://current.cocc.edu/Degrees_Classes/calendar/default.aspx

 
 "A dialect is a language without an army behind it."--author unknown

WK #2 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED (REVISED as discussed in class)

Week #2 - Mon. 9/24: Academic Warning Petitions due to Enrollment Services, BEC.
Week #2 COCC Bookstore Rush Hours: Mon. 9/24 & Tues. 9/25: 8:00 am - 7:30 pm
Mon.
9/24		 Cora was sick on Mon., 9/24, & class had to be canceled.  So the Course Plan will have to be revised - i.e. we'll do on Wed., 9/26 what was originally planned for Mon. 9/24, & discuss necessary follow-up adjustments to Weeks #3 & #4 in class.
Wed.
9/26		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) READ from Handout or Online Course Pack:
    2.1  In Praise of the Word (handout)
    2.2  African Praise Songs (handout)
 (2) DUE: Seminar #2  Prep
IN-CLASS:
Seminar #2 & Class Discussion of today's assigned readings.
 In-Class Listening: “Holotelani” from The Indestructible Beat of Soweto;
Introduction to the Epic Genre, the Epic of Sunjata, & Keita: Heritage of the Griot
OralEpic03.ppt: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/OralEpic03.ppt
In-Class Listening: "Sunjata" selections [Tracks 2, 7] from Jali Kunda: Griots of West Africa & Beyond.
 Distribute & preview Epic of Sundjata & Keita  Film Notes & Viewing Guide (handouts)
Recommended: 
Monomyth - HERO web site
http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/orias/hero/index.htm
Sundjata: http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/orias/hero/sunjata/
Epic Genre & Mahabharata (Indian Oral Epics - Cora's HUM 210):
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum210/coursepack/epic.htm

Week #2 - AVOID LATE FEES!
Fri. 9/28, 5:00pm: Tuition DUE & End of 100% Refund period for dropped full-term classes

WK #3 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED (REVISED as discussed in class)

Week #3 - Mon. 10/1: Late Tuition & Late Registration Fees begin for full term classes
Wed.
9/26
 Mon.
10/1
 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) READ from Handout or Online Course Pack:
      2.3  Epic of Sundjata (handout)
      2.4  Keita  Film Notes & Viewing Guide (handout)
IN-CLASS: 
In-Class Viewing: Keita: The Heritage of the Griot (1994, Burkina Faso, dir. Dani Kouyate; In Jula & French with English subtitles; Run-time: 94 min.)
In-Class Writing (at end of film viewing): Keita Questions & Responses
At end of class, Cora plans to return scored Seminar #1 Prep Notes & distribute African Holocaust & Diaspora (handout).
Mon.
10/1
Wed.
10/3
 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) READ/REVIEW and BRING to class:
      2.3  Epic of Sundjata (handout)
      2.4  Keita  Film Notes & Viewing Guide (handout)
      3.1 African Holocaust & Diaspora (handout)
IN-CLASS:  Cora plans to return scored Seminar#2 Prep Notes, Micrograde Reports for review, and explain directions for accessing WebGrade.
 Discuss Keita film viewing Questions & Responses (from In-Class Writing) & readings. 
Assign Seminar #3 (handout), discuss African Holocaust & Diaspora & preview:
 --Olaudah Equiano (ONLINE ONLY):
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/equiano.htm
--Amistad: The True Story (ONLINE ONLY):
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/amistad.htm
 RECOMMEND African Timelines Part III: African Slave Trade & European Imperialism (ONLINE ONLY): http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline3.htm
 In-Class Viewing: clip from Amistad  [RATED R: "Middle Passage" & courtroom segments - 25 min.; 1997, dir. Steven Spielberg]
 Distribute I Is a Long-Memoried Woman  Film Notes & Viewing Guide (handout)
 Allow 10 min. at end of class to begin/plan Make-Up Seminars?

WK #4 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED

Mon., 10/8:  No regular class meeting = COCC Faculty Development Workday.

Wed.
10/10
 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE: 
(1) Seminar #3 Prep
 (2) READ from Handout or Online Course Pack:
 --3.2 Olaudah Equiano (ONLINE ONLY):
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/equiano.htm
--3.3 Amistad: The True Story (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)
IN-CLASS: 
 Seminar #3 & Class Discussion of today's assigned readings.
 In-Class Viewing: I Is a Long-Memoried Woman  (1990, UK; dir. Frances-Anne Soloman[Trinidad-Canada], based on poetry of Grace Nichols [Guyana-UK]; Run-time: 55 min.)
In-Class Writing (at end of film viewing): I Is a Long-Memoried Woman  Questions & Responses.
Distirbute Take-Home Midterm Paper & Seminar #4 Prep directions (handout) &
Assign Things Fall Apart ( Recommended:  "Principal Characters" and "Glossary,"  pp. li-lv; and "Igbo Culture & History," pp. xix-xlix in our HUM 211 Expanded edition of Things Fall Apart)

NOTE: COCC Bookstore begins returning unbought textbook at the end of Week #5,
so be sure to purchase HUM 211 required course texts Things Fall Apart,
Nervous Conditions, and Disgrace soon!!

WK #5 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Mon.
10/15

 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) DUE:  Seminar #4 Prep: 2 readable copies of Midterm Paper Preliminary Drafts
(2) BRING to class: Take-Home Midterm Paper  & Seminar #4 Prep directions (handout) & your questions re: Midterm Directions and/or citing sources.
(3) Read Things Fall Apart Part I, Chs. 1-13 (pp. 3-88)
IN-CLASS: 
Discuss I Is a Long-Memoried Woman film viewing Questions & Responses (from In-Class Writing) & related readings. 
Seminar #4: Peer Review of Midterm Paper Preliminary Drafts & Group Discussion of student questions re: Midterm Directions and/or citing sources.
Begin Introduction to Chinua Achebe & Things Fall Apart: distribute Things Fall Apart Reading Guide (handout) and Achebe In HIs Own Words (handout)
 In-Class Viewing:  Bill Moyers' Interview with Chinua Achebe (run-time: 25 min.)
Wed.
10/17		 Cora was sick on Wed., 10/17, so class had to be canceled.  We'll do on Mon., 10/22, what was originally planned for Wed. 10/17, and Revised Course Plan for upcoming weeks will be discussed in class on Mon., 10/22.

WK #6 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Mon.
10/22

 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) DUE: Final Draft of Midterm Paper, with . . .
(2) Attachments: Seminar #4 Prep (2 Midterm preliminary drafts workshopped & signed by Seminar #4 members from Mon., 10/15/07 class)
(3) Continue reading Things Fall Apart, & Bring to Class the novel and Things Fall Apart Reading Guide  (handout)
IN-CLASS: 
Collect Final Drafts of Midterm Paper, and Seminar #4 Attachments.
Continue introduction to Chinua Achebe & Things Fall Apart:
Discuss TFA Part 1, using Things Fall Apart Reading Guide (handout) & Achebe In HIs Own Words (handout), distribute *NEW* "Overview of Things Fall Apart" (paper only handout - contact Cora if you need a copy!)
 In-Class Viewing:  Bill Moyers' Interview with Chinua Achebe (run-time: 25 min.)
Wed.
10/24
 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE: 
(1) DUE: Finish reading Things Fall Apart Parts II & III: pp. 91-148.
IN-CLASS: 
 Assign Seminar #5 (on Things Fall Apart and Chinua Achebe): Directions were given orally in class and Topic choices generated through in-class discussion.
Assign: Begin reading Nervous Conditions
Introduce Chocolat & distribute Chocolat Film Guide & Resources (handout - first 7 pages of) ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Chocolat.htm
 In-Class Viewing: First 1/2 of Chocolat (1988, France-Germany-Cameroon; dir. Claire Denis; In French with English subtitles; total Run-time: 105 min.  RATED: PG-13)

NOTE: On Fri., 10/26, Cora placed videotapes of Week #6 Chinua Achebe interview by Bill Moyers and of Chocolat on COCC Barber Library Reserve for in-library viewing.

WK #7 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Mon.
10/29

 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) DUE: Seminar #5 Prep. (on Things Fall Apart and Chinua Achebe)
(2) Read & bring Chocolat Film Guide & Resources (handout - first 7 pages of)
ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Chocolat.htm
(3) Continue reading Nervous Conditions.
IN-CLASS: 
Seminar #5 (on Things Fall Apart and Chinua Achebe) +  Class Discussion of Group Reports.
In-Class Viewing: Second 1/2 of Chocolat
In-Class Writing (at end of film viewing): Chocolat  Questions & Responses.
Distribute Tsitsi Dangarembga & Nervous Conditions (handout)
Wed.
10/30
 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE: 
(1) Read & bring Chocolat Film Guide & Resources (handout - first 7 pages of)
ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Chocolat.htm
 (2) Continue reading Nervous Conditions.
(3) Read & bring Tsitsi Dangarembga & Nervous Conditions (handout)
 ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/dangarembga.htm
IN-CLASS: Return & discuss graded Midterms; distribute Micrograde Reports; & discuss Optional Midterm Revision.
 Discuss Chocolat film viewing Questions & Responses (from In-Class Writing) &  Chocolat Film Guide & Resources (handout)
Introduce Tsitsi Dangarembga & Nervous Conditions (handout)
 ONLINE: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/dangarembga.htm

FRI., 11/2:  Last day to drop courses without instructor's signature;
& last day to add courses with instructor's permission/signature required.

WK #8 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED

Week #8 - Mon. 11/5: Begin Instructor's Permission/Signature Required
to withdraw from courses with "W" on transcript
Mon.
11/5

 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) Finish reading Nervous Conditions, using Tsitsi Dangarembga & Nervous Conditions (handout) to guide your reading
IN-CLASS:  Distribute & discuss updated HUM 211 Course Plan (handout)
 Intro Maps (ppt): http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/IntroMaps.ppt
 Begin Overview of African Timelines:
Part IV: Anti-Colonialism & Reconstruction - 19th to mid-20th centuries
 http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline4.htm
Assign Seminar #6 (handout) on Chocolat & Nervous Conditions, & Discuss Nervous Conditions, using Tsitsi Dangarembga & Nervous Conditions (handout)
(IF TIME ALLOWS) In-Class Listening & discuss contemporary female griotte Oumou Sangaré (b. 1968, Mali) Online: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Sangare.htm
Wed.
11/7
 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE: 
(1) Recommended Deadline for Optional Midterm Revisions - NOTE WELL: original graded Midterm must be resubmitted with Optional Revision for grading!
 (2) Recommended: Begin reading Disgrace
IN-CLASS: Return & discuss scored Seminar #5 & distribute Micrograde Reports.
Continue Overview of African Timelines:
 Part V: Post-Independence Africa & Contemporary Trends - mid- to late 20th century
 http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline5.htm
Distribute J. M. Coetzee Biography (handout) .
Begin 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).

WK #9 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED (updated)

MON. 11/12: Veterans' Day Holiday - NO CLASSES & COLLEGE CLOSED
Wed.
11/14
 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE: 
(1) DUE: Seminar #6 Prep. (on Chocolat & Nervous Conditions)
 (2) Continue reading Disgrace, using J. M. Coetzee Biography (handout) & Disgrace (1999): Chs. 1-13 Reading Guide (online only) to guide you
IN-CLASS: 
 Seminar #6 (on Chocolat & Nervous Conditions) +  Class Discussion of Group Reports.
Assign Seminar #7 directions: Assigned Chapter Contribution to Disgrace (1999) Reading Guide (Cora's already done Chs. 1-13)
 Continue 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).

FRI., 11/16:  Begin Winter 2008 Registration.

WK #10 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED (updated)
Mon.
11/19

 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) Finish reading Disgrace
(2) Bring your questions on J. M. Coetzee Biography (handout),  Disgrace (1999): Chs. 1-13 Reading Guide (online only), and Seminar #7 assigned from chapters 14-24.
IN-CLASS: 
Discuss student questions on Disgrace &  Seminar #7 directions.
Finish 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).
 In-Class Writing (at end of film viewing): Cry Freedom Questions & Responses.
Wed.
11/21
 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE: 
(1) DUE: Seminar #7 Prep. (Assigned Chapter Contribution to Disgrace Reading Guide) in both paper and electronic versions for webposting (anonymously)
 (2) Bring the novel Disgrace & relevant Coetzee & Disgrace handouts
IN-CLASS: 
 Seminar #7 Prep (Assigned Chapter Contribution to Disgrace Reading Guide) in both paper and electronic versions for webposting (anonymously)
 Class Discussion of Cry Freedom and Disgrace.
Distribute Take-Home Final directions (handout) & Seminar #8 Prep directions (given orally in class)

THURS-FRI 11/22-23: Thanksgivings Holiday - NO CLASSES & COLLEGE CLOSED

WK #11 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED (updated)
Mon.
11/26

 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) Read & bring questions on Take-Home Final directions (handout) & Seminar #8 Prep. directions (given orally in class 11/21/07)
IN-CLASS: 
Discuss directions & student questions re: Take-Home Final directions (handout) & Seminar #8 Prep. directions (given orally in class 11/21/07)
Review Seminar #7 Student Ch. Contributions to Disgrace (1999) Reading Guide HANDOUT (partial) & ONLINE:
 http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Disgrace.htm
Wed.
11/28
 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE: 
(1) DUE: Seminar #8 Prep: 2 readable copies of Take-Home Final Preliminary Drafts
(2) BRING to class Take-Home Final directions (handout)
IN-CLASS: 
 Seminar #8: Peer Reviews of Final Paper Preliminary Drafts & Group Discussion of student questions re: Take-Home Final Paper Directions and/or citing sources.
WED, 11/28:  Last day to Withdraw from classes with Instructor's Permission/Signature Required.

FINALS WEEK: DEC. 3 - 7, 2007 (updated)
See also Academic Calendar & Final Exam Schedule:
 http://current.cocc.edu/Degrees_Classes/calendar/default.aspx

THURS.
DEC. 6
10:15 a.m.
DESCHUTES 1		 (1) DUE: Take-Home FINAL PAPER (to be graded)
and
(2) Required Attachments: 2 paper copies of Preliminary Drafts, critiqued and signed by Seminar 8 members (from Week #11 Workshops)
IN-CLASS:
Exchange Readings of Final Drafts.  Then Cora will collect FINAL PAPERS & required attachments.

Tues., 12/11/07: Deadline for COCC Instructors to submit Fall 2007 Final Course Grades.
Thurs., 12/13/07: Students' Fall 2007 Grades available on COCC web. 
Thurs., 12/13/07  through Thurs., 12/21/07: Cora will be out of town.
Mon., 12/24/07 through Tues, 1/1/08:  the College will be closed.
If you have questions or concerns about your final course grade or wish to retrieve your end-of-term work, please contact Cora via email.

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