Humanities 211
Culture(s) & Literature of Africa
(Oral Arts &  Film)
Prof. Cora Agatucci


6 October 1998: Learning Resources
 http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/SocSci/1998/ss-981006.html

Week #3 HUM 211 TV Meeting: Notes
 Jan. 24, 2002
[Note Tues., Jan 22: No Televised Class Meeting while
students work on Discussion #1] 
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http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
classes/hum211/TVmeetings/wk3.htm

Thurs., 24 Jan. 2002

1.  Check in with College Centers

 

2.  Announcements:
a.  *Should have received Email
Grade Reports to date
(Wks #1 & #2):
Dialogue (5 pts)
Keita Viewing (5 pts)
*If not, contact Cora

b.  Cora will be testing
E-mail & Web Grade Reports
for Discussion #1
Reports (10 pts)
Reponses (5 pts)
this weekend

c.  Great Discussion #1 Forum!!
--Cora will post her responses
to rest of Discussion #1 Reports
this weekend
--If you haven't yet posted
your Reports & Responses,
problems, questions?
Contact Cora
cagatucci@cocc.edu

 

3. Upcoming Assignments: see...

Online Course Plan & links:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/
hum211/courseplan.htm

Online Course Pack readings:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
classes/hum211/coursepack/

a.  Intro to
 African Holocaust & Diaspora: Backgrounds
     Definitions: African "Holocaust" & "Diaspora"
     "Involuntary Immigrants"
     WWW Links on African Diaspora
 http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/
hum211/coursepack/Diaspora.htm

b.  Explore African Timelines
 Part III:
African Slave Trade
& European Imperialism
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
classes/hum211/timelines/

 

Assignments Index page:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
classes/hum211/assignments/

Ready on or before Sunday, Jan. 27:

c. Discussion #2 Topic Choices
& Directions:

http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/
hum211/assignments/Discussion2.htm

By Tues., Jan. 29:
Choose Topic for
Discussion #2 Report
(You don't have to Email Cora)

--Olaudah Equiano
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/
hum211/coursepack/Equiano.htm

--Amistad: The True Story
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/
hum211/coursepack/Amistad.htm

--I Is a Long Memoried Woman
Introduction to the Film:

http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
classes/hum211/coursepack/
womanintro.htm

Film Notes-Table of Contents:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
classes/hum211/coursepack/
womanTOC.htm

--Religions of African Diaspora
& web sources of interest:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
classes/hum211/coursepack/
DiasporaReligion.htm

 

d.  Tues., Jan. 29
I Is a Long Memoried Woman
(in English & Creole, 60 min.)
1. "The Beginning" | 2. "The Vicissitudes | 3. "The Sorcery" | 
4. "The Bloodling" | 5.  "The Return"

Film Viewing
11:00 - 12:15
Hitchcock Auditorium
in Pioneer above COCC Bookstore
on Bend campus

If you miss the film viewing,
Note that the video will be placed
on COCC Library Reserve
for in-library viewing
after it is shown in class.

Next Televised Course Meeting:
Week #4: Thurs., Jan. 31 

--Discuss Film:
I Is a Long-Memoried Woman

--Review Wks #1 - #4

d.  DUE Thurs., Jan. 31:
Discussion #2 Reports
webposted to
Discussion #2 Forum
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
discussions/disc2_frm.htm
NOTE:  This is a New 
Discussion #2 Forum

e.  By Sun., Feb. 3:
Read Discussion #2 Reports
& webpost your Response
(or reply to 3 Reports) on
Discussion #2 Forum

 

4.  Today:

Discuss Keita & 
Discussion #1 Forum Reports/Responses

--#1: Images of Africa
--#2. Cross-Cultural Study
& Translation Issues
--#3. Traditional African Oral Arts
(Praise Songs & Web Sites)
--#4. Keita: The Heritage of the Griot
Griot's Role
Parallel Stories
Themes & Conflicts
Characters

***

How to Contact Cora:
(See also Hum 211 Syllabus)
E-mail: cagatucci@cocc.edu
Phone/Voicemail: (541) 383-7522
Fax addressed to Cora Agatucci:
(541) 330-4396
Mail Box: Modoc 226
 (Humanities Dept. Office, Bend campus)
Office: Deschutes 14
 (Bend campus)
Office Hours: 
See Cora's Winter 2002 Schedule:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
 schedule.htm
including E-Office Hours:
Tues & Thurs., 1:00 - 2:30
E-mail: cagatucci@cocc.edu

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HUM 211 Open Campus Course Information - Winter 2002
HUM 211 Home Page Syllabus Course Plan Online Course Pack TV Meetings Assignments
African Storytelling Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions
African Links African Timelines: History, Orature, Literature, & Film
African "Literary" Map African Films African Contexts: Film Afrique, Je Te Plumerai 
Printing Announcement Student Writing  Site Map

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