REVISED

Course Schedule

English 4400: Minority American Literature

Fall 2012

TR 11:00-12:15 Section A 205 Academic Building

****We will discuss what is listed on the day that it is listed. Have texts read, printed, and with you.

****Schedule subject to chance with notice

**** BB= Blackboard and UA= Unsettling America

Thursday, Oct. 25 Discuss The House on Mango Street; HW: Read Miguel Piñero’s A Midnight Moon at a Greasy Spoon on BB

Tuesday, Oct. 30 Discuss A Midnight Moon at a Greasy Spoon; HW: Read Joseph Junot Díaz’s “Fiesta” and

“How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie” both on BB

Thursday, Nov. 1 Discuss Díaz; HW: Read Paule Marshall’s “Reena” and “To Da-duh, In Memoriam” both

on BB

Tuesday, Nov. 6 Discuss Marshall; HW: Read Edwidge Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory pg 3-76

Thursday, Nov. 8 NO CLASS

Tuesday, Nov. 13 Discuss Breath, Eyes, Memory, Must have Final Paper Topic Approved by this day; HW:

Read Breath, Eyes, Memory pg77-157

Thursday, Nov. 15 Discuss Breath, Eyes, Memory HW: Read Breath, Eyes, Memory pg. 158-Finish

Tuesday, Nov. 20 Discuss Breath, Eyes, Memory; HW: Read “Untitled Blues” pg 97, “What Would I Do

White” pg 114, “A Poem about Intelligence for My Brothers and Sisters” pg 161, “Salt” pg

246, “Hanging Fire” pg 297,” all in UA, Also read the Audre Lorde Selections on BB (Other

poems are TBA)

Thursday, Nov. 22 THANKSGIVING NO CLASS

Tuesday, Nov. 27 Discuss Black Immigrant Poetry, Final Paper Due

Thursday, Nov. 29 Review

Final Exam Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:15-12:15