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 #9 HUM 211 TV Meeting Notes
 Tues., Mar. 5; & Thurs., Mar. 7, 2002

URL of this webpage:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
classes/hum211/TVmeetings/wk9.htm

1.  Check in with College Centers

Tues., March 5, 2002

2.  ANNOUNCEMENTS: 
a.  E-Office hours today canceled:
(but Cora will be online tonight)

b.  Today's Class:
--Discuss Midterms & Responses
--Discuss Nervous Conditions
(using Discussion #5 topic
choices to focus our discussion)

c.  Cora will start emailing
Midterm evaluations on
Wed., March 6,
w/ directions for Optional Revision

 

 

3.  This Week's ASSIGNMENTS
incl. (Revised) Deadlines: See 
Hum 211 Course Plan:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/
hum211/courseplan.htm

a. DUE: Thurs., March 7
Read Nadine Gordimer's
"The Bridegroom" 
pp. 115-123 in
African Short Stories

In-Class Introduction to
South African Resistance
Arts & Literature

 

b.  DUE: Sat, March 9
 * Webpost Discussion #5 Report:
on Nervous Conditions
& Comparative Analysis
Directions:

http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/
hum211/assignments/Discussion5.htm

*20 pts possible
*2 Tasks A & B
* individual work or collaboration
with another Hum 211 student

Task A: Nervous Conditions
Choose one:

*Character
*Theme
*key Event
*Conflict
*aspect of Shona culture

Resource:
Nervous Conditions Study Guide:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
classes/hum211/dangarembga.htm

Task B: Comparison/Contrast
Nervous Conditions & 
another Hum 211 "text"
we've studied this term

*at least two (2)
similarities and/or
differences that seem
significant to you
*Goal: help us better understand
African cultures, oral traditions,
literatures, and/or film
in some way
(e.g. common trends,
change/development over time,
and/or diversity)

 

DUE: Mon., March 11
*Read webposted
Discussion #5 Reports
*Respond/Reply to 2 or 3

Discussion #5 Forum:
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/
discussions/disc5_frm.htm

 

 http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/discussions/disc5_frm.htm

4.  Discuss Midterms
& Your Responses

 

5.  Discuss Nervous Conditions

Play: "Chigamba" 
Stella Rambisai Chiweshe
"the Mbira Queen"
from CD
Music of Zimbabwe
Bira ceremony:
Mbira (thumb piano):
traditionally used to summon
the ancestors, nearest to God
Marimba (xylophone)
Hosho (rattles)

Discuss: Discussion #5
Task A Topic possibilities:

*Character
*Theme
*key Event
*Conflict
*aspect of Shona culture

Task B Similarities/Differences
between Nervous Conditions
& other Hum 211 "texts"

 

Next Televised Class Meeting: 
Thurs., March 7, 2002

Delay in posting TV notes for Thurs., March 7, due to
Cora's ISP outage this morning.  Here's what we did in class:

1.  Announcement:  Delay in emailing Midterm grades due to
WebGrade not accepting my uploads last night.  However, you should be
receiving individual emailed Midterm Discussion Paper grades
from me over the next two days, and the email will include
the Webgrade URL, your username (SSN) & your password.
Email will also offer info on the Optional Revision
(revised deadline:  on or before Friday, March 22).

2.  Finished discussion of Nervous Conditions & Discussion #5
Report assignment.  Relevant Discussion #5 webpages are linked above,
and Deadlines are given above, as well as on the Hum 211 Course Plan.

BBC News: Key Dates in Zimbabwe's History  
offers background on Zimbabwe's post-colonial history. 
Includes links to articles on Robert Mugabe.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/12/98/zimbabwe/newsid_226000/226542.stm 

3.  Cora began introduction to South African Resistance Arts,
under Apartheid ("apartness" or "separation"), outlining its history
(background resource: Hum 211 African Timelines);
playing "Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" from CD Gift of the Tortoise;
beginning discussion of Gordimer's "The Bridegroom"; and
playing clip from the video Cry Freedom 
(now on reserve for in-library viewing, but also available 
for checkout from many local video stores).

NEXT TELEVISED CLASS MEETING:
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2002:
PLEASE BE IN CLASS FOR...
CLASS EVALUATIONS,
PREVIEW OF "TAKE-HOME" FINAL DIRECTIONS,
& Continued discussion of South Africa,
short stories by Gordimer, Mphahlele, Head and
one additional story of your choice
selected from African Short Stories.

Thanks, Cora
(Contact information is given below if you have questions.)

 

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

Need help with technology?
E-mail: ocsupport@cocc.edu

 

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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