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Collaborative Project for Literature Classroom

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Last semester, I had students construct presentations of terms and historical events in my Early American Literature survey course. I have a posts on the assignment itself and on some of the projects that students created. This semester, I am tweaking that assignment in a couple of ways. Rather than having students present on specific terms and presenting during the last week of class, … Read More Collaborative Project for Literature Classroom

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George S. Schuyler’s “Black No More” and Identity

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In the light of the recent election, we need to read George S. Schuyler’s biting satire Black no More (1931), especially amidst the type of rhetoric that appeared during and after the November 8, 2016. Schuyler’s novel focuses on Max Disher, a black man who, through the technology of Dr. Junius Crookman, becomes white and rises to power in a white nationalist organization (Knights of … Read More George S. Schuyler’s “Black No More” and Identity

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Charles W. Chesnutt’s Plan in “The Future American” and “The Quarry”

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Last week, I shared a syllabus I have been thinking about constructing over the past couple of weeks entitled “Charles W. Chesnutt and The Race Question at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.” With that in mind, I want to expand, somewhat, on that post by exploring Chesnutt’s last novel, The Quarry (1928), and the ways that it highlights what Chesnutt originally presented in “The … Read More Charles W. Chesnutt’s Plan in “The Future American” and “The Quarry”

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Mold, Spores, and The Planetary South: Further Comments on "Adjust Your Maps: Manifestos from, for, and about United States Southern Studies"

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Last post, I wrote about a couple of the manifestos on Southern Studies that appear in the current issue of PMLA. Today, I want to continue this discussion by exploring a couple more manifestos, most notably Katharine Burnett’s and R. Scott Heath’s pieces. These essays reach back, to a period typically overlooked, and forward, from a new, interplanetary viewpoint. Here, I want to comment … Read More Mold, Spores, and The Planetary South: Further Comments on "Adjust Your Maps: Manifestos from, for, and about United States Southern Studies"

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Ira Aldridge’s "The Black Doctor"

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James V. Hatch and Ted Shine’s two-volume Black Theatre USAhas graced my bookshelf for a few years. Occasionally, I pull one of the volumes down to read or reread a play. A couple of weeks ago, I pulled down volume one and read Ira Aldrige‘s translation of Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois’sLe Docteur Noir (1846). Aldridge’s The Black Doctor (1846) contains differences from Anciet-Bourgeois’s original play and other … Read More Ira Aldridge’s "The Black Doctor"

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