ENGL 261

Spring 2020 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 6

Topics in Literature and Culture

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introductory study of variety of topics in literature and culture, including those that bridge traditional historical periods, focus on themes or movements, and cross disciplinary boundaries.

May be repeated up to 6 hours, if topics vary. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

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ENGL 261 class schedule data for spring 2020
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	63727	Lecture-Discussion	G	3:30PM -4:45PM	MW	119 English Building	Jenkins, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Title: Black Girl Magic Section Info: #BlackGirlMagic in Contemporary Culture (Black Women’s Lit and Film 1970-Present) This course will serve as an introduction to post-Civil Rights black women's literature and film. We will cover a selection of major late 20th and early 21st century authors and filmmakers, examining works from several genres—including, on the literary side, fiction, poetry, essay, and memoir, and on the cinematic side, documentary, feature, and short film. Taking seriously the theoretical and critical implications of the popular hashtag “#blackgirlmagic,” we will consider how contemporary black women’s artistry speaks to the unique experiences of African American women as well as to broader questions of identity, various forms of inequality, and social justice. We will ask whether there are particular artistic practices, political standpoints, or linguistic effects that mark certain visual and literary texts as “black women’s” texts, particularly now—and if so, what these are and how (and by whom) they are determined. We will also question how the black women artists we study address matters of race and nation, as well as matters of gender, sexuality, and class. In the process, we will consider how contemporary black women's cultural production both builds upon and moves beyond a long historical tradition of black women’s expression. Participation, daily response questions, midterm exam, short paper, reflective presentation, final creative project.
	67440	Lecture-Discussion	S	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	104 English Building	Dean, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Title: The Year of Creative Writing Section Info: Year of Creative Writing - This unique course showcases writers at Illinois by bringing local poets and fiction writers to talk about their work with the class. Diverse writers from Urbana-Champaign, from Chicago, and from further afield will visit our classroom. A once-in-a-career opportunity to interact with multiple successful creative writers!