{"id":10,"date":"2023-07-29T23:03:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T03:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/fys195-01-f23\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-12-07T22:03:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T03:03:44","slug":"syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/fys195-01-f23\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Far from being writers\u2014founders of their own place, heirs of the peasants of earlier ages now working on the soil of language, diggers of wells and builders of houses\u2014readers are travelers; they move across lands belonging to someone else, like nomads poaching their way across fields they did not write, despoiling the wealth of Egypt to enjoy it themselves.&nbsp;\u2015&nbsp;Michel de Certeau,&nbsp;<em>The Practice of Everyday Life&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me this space of radical openness is a margin \u2014 a profound edge. Locating oneself there is difficult yet necessary. It is not a \u2018safe\u2019 place. One is always at risk. One needs a community of resistance. \u2014 bell hooks,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sachafrey.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/choosing-the-margin-as-a-space-of-radical-openness-ss-3301.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cChoosing the Margin as a Space for Radical Openness\u201d&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Week 1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introductions<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 9\/7 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gloria Anzaldua: \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.revistascisan.unam.mx\/Voices\/pdfs\/7422.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">To live in the Borderlands means you&nbsp;<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 2 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Borderlands<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 9\/12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gloria Anzaldua: <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/users.uoa.gr\/~cdokou\/TheoryCriticismTexts\/Anzaldua-borderlands-la-frontera.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Borderlands\/La Frontera<\/a><\/em> (Chapters 1-7)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>1)<\/strong> Reading Response\u2014Select&nbsp;1 line&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Borderlands&nbsp;<\/em>that you consider to be essential to Anzaldua\u2019s work and discuss why you were drawn to it and how it functions within the text as a whole. The line you select might illuminate an image, metaphor, figure, word, or idea you find interesting; you must persuasively explore its meaningfulness in ways that are not obvious, general, or summarizing. Consider also how Anzaluda\u2019s text enacts, embodies, or resists the very concept of the border that is being explored, and thus how she challenges your position as a reader.&nbsp;<strong>2)<\/strong> Personal Border Narrative: Revise the border stories you drafted and shared during our 1st class session and post to the blog; this may entail rewriting, expanding, or other modifications to get to the core of your story.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 9\/14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gloria Anzaldua: <em>Borderlands\/La Frontera<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poetics of the Border<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 9\/19 \u2014 Poetry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gary Soto: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zocalopublicsquare.org\/2009\/01\/13\/by-gary-soto\/chronicles\/poetry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mexicans Begin Jogging<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Javier Zamora: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.middlebury.edu\/bordersliterature\/files\/2020\/02\/SP015820021615360.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dancing in Buses<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eduoardo C. Corral: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/55472\/in-colorado-my-father-scoured-and-stacked-dishes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In Colorado My Father Scoured and Stacked Dishes<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lorna Dee Cervantes: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/freeway-280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freeway 280<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ada Limon: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/147503\/the-contract-says-we39d-like-the-conversation-to-be-bilingual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Contract Says: We\u2019d Like the Conversations to be Bilingual<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alexandra Lytton Regalado: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/la-mano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La Mano<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Martin Espada: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/47868\/alabanza-in-praise-of-local-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alabanza: In Praise of Local 100<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE:<\/strong> Reading Response\u2014Identify the most important word in 1 poem (and why), then research its&nbsp;<em>etymology<\/em>&nbsp;to discover the historical and social meaning of this word as it has evolved over time. Does the etymological value of this word alter how you read its function in the poem?&nbsp;How does a deeper understanding of this word enable you to revisit the meaning of the poem? Discuss how the poem is opened up for you in new ways through your research.&nbsp;(1 paragraph max)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 9\/21 \u2014 continued<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>DUE:<\/strong> Watch&nbsp;Cary Joji Fukunaga:&nbsp;<em>Sin Nombre<\/em>. Film Response\u2014Discuss 1 cinematic technique (framing, angle, camera movement of a shot) in 1 specific scene which Fukunaga develops as a way of visually representing the border-crossing narrative, and discuss its meaning to the film as a whole. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transnational Voices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 9\/26 \u2014 Poetry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Li Young Lee: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/43011\/persimmons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persimmons<\/a>\u201d \/ \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poem\/immigrant-blues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Immigrant Blues<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sun Yung Shin: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/142184\/immigrant-song\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Immigrant Song<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marilyn Chin: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poem\/turtle-soup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turtle Soup<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Franny Choi: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/58784\/choi-jeong-min\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Choi Jeong Min<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Natalie Diaz: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/manhattan-lenape-word\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manhattan is a Lenape Word<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Naomi Shihab Nye: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/54296\/jerusalem-56d2347ab7a20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jerusalem<\/a>\u201d \/ \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/48602\/blood-56d229f9da8a9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blood<\/a>\u201d \/ \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/past\/docs\/unbound\/poetry\/atlpoets\/nye9503.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Darling<\/a>\u201d \/ \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poem\/arabic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arabic<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Noor Hindi: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/154658\/fuck-your-lecture-on-craft-my-people-are-dying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fuck Your Lecture on Craft, My People Are Dying<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kaveh Akbar: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/reading-farrokhzad-in-a-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reading Farrokhzad in a Pandemic<\/a>\u201d \/ \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.splitthisrock.org\/poetry-database\/poem\/do-you-speak-persian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Do You Speak Persian?<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threa Almontaser: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/heritage-emissary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heritage Emissary<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hala Alyan: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/142865\/oklahoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oklahoma<\/a>\u201d \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/12\/06\/topography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;\u201cTopography\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE:<\/strong>&nbsp;Reading Response\u20141) Write a letter to an assigned peer sharing brief reflections on any 1 poem of your choice from this week\u2019s readings (email\/cc me); 2) Formulate one possible scholarly question you would pursue&nbsp;<em>if<\/em>&nbsp;you were writing an essay on this poem (Write it down and bring to class)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 9\/28 \u2014 continued<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>DUE:<\/strong>&nbsp;Intro to Essay 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Geographies of Self \/ Transgressive Identities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 10\/3 \u2014 Poetry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adrienne Rich: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/51092\/what-kind-of-times-are-these\" target=\"_blank\">What Kinds of Times Are These<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Danez Smith: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/92050\/the-17-year-old-the-gay-bar\" target=\"_blank\">The 17 Year-Old &amp; the Gay Bar<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ocean Vuong: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poem\/self-portrait-exit-wounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Self-Portrait as Exit Wounds<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chen Chen: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/143238\/self-portrait-as-so-much-potential\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Self Portrait as So Much Potential<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Max Ritvko: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2016\/06\/27\/poem-to-my-litter-by-max-ritvo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poem to My Litter<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Doty: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/55501\/charlie-howards-descent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Howard\u2019s Descent<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hieu Minh Nguyen: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/146001\/staying-quiet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Staying Quiet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jenny Zhang: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/151738\/my-baby-first-birthday\" target=\"_blank\">My baby first birthday<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cameron Awkward-Rich:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.splitthisrock.org\/poetry-database\/poem\/meditations-in-an-emergency\" target=\"_blank\">Meditations in an Emergency<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/586585\" target=\"_blank\">The Little Girl\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oliver Baez Bendorf:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.up.edu\/garaventa\/files\/fildg%20files\/bendorf-outing-iowa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Outing, Iowa<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE:&nbsp;<\/strong>1) Reply to last week&#8217;s peer email in your response to a new poem due this week as a way to extend and continue your conversation (cc me) ; 2) Creative Reading Exercise: Write a poem that borrows from, imitates, or emulates one of the poems this week, thematically and\/or stylistically. For example: a poem that begins &#8220;What Kinds of Times Are These&#8221; or a poem entitled &#8220;Self Portrait.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">*Class will be held in The Botanic Garden of Smith College<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 10\/5 \u2014 continued<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">*Class will be held in The Botanic Garden of Smith College<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*DUE Friday, 10\/6: ESSAY 1, DRAFT 1<\/strong> (copies for me &amp; your partner via email) \u2014 Your task in this assignment is to construct a unique argument about 1 poem through close analysis of carefully selected lines,&nbsp;and to show how your insight is significant in revealing something we may not have previously understood about the poem. *Length: 4-5 pages. Please review guidelines for essays under FYS tab (formatting and writer&#8217;s memo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">NOTE<\/span>: Please include in your&nbsp;email subject:&nbsp;the assignment name (ie. Essay 1, Draft 1). Please attach your file as a google doc or .docx (no pdfs accepted), with&nbsp;the&nbsp;document file name&nbsp;as your first &amp; last name and assignment name (ie. Stacie Cassarino, Essay 1, Draft 1).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Racial Borders and Black Bodies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 10\/10 \u2014 FALL BREAK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 10\/12 \u2014 Poetry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Claude McKay: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poem\/america-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">America<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audre Lorde: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/verse.press\/poem\/the-brown-menace-or-poem-to-the-survival-of-5424364597480360256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Brown Menace, or Poem to the Survival of Roaches<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gwendolyn brooks: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/43310\/a-song-in-the-front-yard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a song in the front yard<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Danez Smith:&nbsp;\u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/150542\/dear-white-america\" target=\"_blank\">dear white america<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;\/&nbsp;\u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/56843\/alternate-names-for-black-boys\" target=\"_blank\">alternate names for black boys<\/a>\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jericho Brown: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/152728\/bullet-points\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bullet Points<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Doty: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poem\/two-seconds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In Two Seconds<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hanif Abdurraquib: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/how-can-black-people-write-about-flowers-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reginald Dwayne Betts: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/88739\/when-i-think-of-tamir-rice-while-driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">When I Think of Tamir Rice While Driving<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morgan Parker: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/58028\/if-you-are-over-staying-woke\">If You Are Over Staying Woke<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saddiq Dzukogi: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poetrymagazine\/poems\/156305\/ring-61095e89730c9?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social_media&amp;utm_campaign=general_marketing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ring<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE:&nbsp;<\/strong>1) Creative Reading Exercise\u2014 Write a poem that borrows from, imitates, or emulates one of the poems this week, thematically and\/or stylistically. For example, your own version of a prose poem letter to white america (Smith) or a list poem of alternate names for ____<em>fill in the blank<\/em>_____ (Smith), or an instruction poem (Parker), etc.<strong> 2) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/fys195-01-f23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/976\/2023\/10\/Peer-Review-Form.docx\" target=\"_blank\">Peer Review Form<\/a> <\/strong>: Write a letter to your partner articulate, in your own words: 1. what the story is doing\u2014main ideas; 2. the strengths of the story; 3. two or more elements on which the writer should focus in revisions, along with specific examples\u2014specific spots in the draft\u2014that help to explain why these elements need attention. 4. Any other comments or suggestions you think might assist the writer. Remember, the recipient of the letter can only benefit from honest criticism, as well as encouragement. You do not need to fill out this form (although you may do so to provide additional helpful detail for the writer), but you should address as many of those elements in your thorough, close-reading of your peer\u2019s story. This is also an exercise in letter-writing, a beautiful, lost form that can collapse distances, especially now. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Conferences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Week 7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Visual Forms and Intertextuality&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 10\/17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Alison Bechdel: <em>Fun Home<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE:&nbsp;<\/strong>1) Reading Response\u2014Read&nbsp;<em>Fun Home<\/em>. Discuss the significance of 1 specific scene as a way of thinking about the whole text. (post) \/ 2) Visual Response\u2014Draw 1 panel (w\/accompanying text) that captures an important moment in your life story so far. (bring to class)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 10\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alison Bechdel: <em>Fun Home<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*DUE: ESSAY 1, REVISION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Week 8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Human-Animal Metamorphoses&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 10\/24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Justin Torres: <em>We the Animals<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE:&nbsp;<\/strong>Reading Response\u2014&nbsp;Write a 1-page story emulating Torres\u2019 style (diction, prosody, sentence structure, tone, themes, voice, point-of-view, etc.); let the experience of Torres\u2019 story prompt a story from your life, but since you are reading fiction (not nonfiction), take freedoms with fictionalizing the personal. I am especially looking to see how your critical investment in the novella is conveyed through your creative piece.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 10\/26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Justin Torres: <em>We the Animals<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[Optional: Werner Herzog:<em>&nbsp;Grizzly Man<\/em> OR Bertrand Mandico: <em>The Wild Boys<\/em>]<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Week 9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 10\/31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Justin Torres: <em>We the Animals<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 11\/2 \u2014 NO CLASSES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Week 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Queer Expatriation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 11\/7  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>James Baldwin: <em>Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE:<\/strong>&nbsp;What is the most important word in the novel, and why? \/ What is the most important passage in the novel, and why?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 11\/9 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>James Baldwin: <em>Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/fys195-01-f23\/?page_id=252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Essay 2<\/a>, scholarly question (optional Intro)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Week 11 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 11\/14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>James Baldwin: <em>Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/fys195-01-f23\/?page_id=252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESSAY 2<\/a>, DRAFT 1<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 11\/16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>James Baldwin: <em>Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Due:<\/strong> Watch John Schlesinger:&nbsp;Midnight Cowboy <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 12 <\/strong><strong><strong>                    Black Art, Myths of Citizenship, Genre-Crossing<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 11\/21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Claudia Rankine: <em>Citizen<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Due:<\/strong> Reading Response<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 11\/23 \u2014 THANKSGIVING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Week 13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 11\/28<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Claudia Rankine: <em>Citizen<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">*Class will be held in Smith College Special Collections, Neilson Library<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 11\/30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Claudia Rankine: <em>Citizen<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*DUE: ESSAY 2, REVISION<\/strong> \u2014 by <strong>Monday 12\/4<\/strong> via email \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">NOTE<\/span>: Please include in your&nbsp;email subject:&nbsp;the assignment name (ie. Essay 2, Revision). Please attach your file as a google doc or .docx (no pdfs accepted), with&nbsp;the&nbsp;document file name&nbsp;as your first &amp; last name and assignment name (ie. Stacie Cassarino, Essay 2, Revision).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Week 14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Expanding the Dialogue&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 12\/5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Claudia Rankine: <em>Citizen<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE<\/strong>: Watch Spike Lee:&nbsp;<em>Do the Right Thing<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DUE: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/fys195-01-f23\/?page_id=280\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/fys195-01-f23\/?page_id=280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Essay 3,<\/a> Scholarly Question<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Optional<\/span><\/strong>: Amiri Baraka: \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Amiri-baraka-black-art-annotated\" target=\"_blank\">Black Art<\/a>\u201d; Tony Hoagland: \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poem\/change\" target=\"_blank\">The Change<\/a>\u201d\/Rankine\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/text\/open-letter-dialogue-race-and-poetry\" target=\"_blank\">Response<\/a>\/Hoagland\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/text\/dear-claudia-letter-response\" target=\"_blank\">Letter&nbsp;<\/a>; Interviews w\/Rankine: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2015\/dec\/27\/claudia-rankine-poet-citizen-american-lyric-feature\">this<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/17\/magazine\/white-men-privilege.html?fbclid=IwAR1_OguDpUxc96MGkDTle-D6i7E6XglZu0MtdO8ouWR48Pq7Z4IEXf1stE4\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cI Wanted to Know What White Men Thought About Their Privilege. So I asked.\u201d&nbsp;<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">*Class will be held in the SMITH COLLEGE MUSUEM OF ART<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 12\/7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Claudia Rankine: <em>Citizen<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>*Workshop Scholarly Questions etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DUE<\/strong>: Bibliographies by Sunday 12\/10 (via email)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Week 15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Conclusions<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 12\/12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Final Creative Project Presentations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Due:<\/strong> Watch Raoul Peck\/James Baldwin:&nbsp;<em>I Am Not Your Negro<\/em>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 12\/14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Final Creative Project Presentations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*DUE: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/fys195-01-f23\/?page_id=280\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/fys195-01-f23\/?page_id=280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESSAY 3 <\/a><\/strong>\u2014 DUE <strong>by Sunday, 12\/17 Midnight <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>FINAL SELF-REFLECTION<\/strong> <strong>&amp; Grade Proposal<\/strong> \u2014 DUE <strong>by Monday, 12\/18 Noon <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>_______________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Texts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Virgina Woolf: <em>Orlando<\/em> (Paul B. 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