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English Literature (ENG)
118 Prince Lucien Campbell, 541-346-3911
English
College of Arts & Sciences
M - Major, minor, pre-major, or concentration restrictions. If restricted by date, click on CRN to see effective dates; courses with no date are restricted through the registration deadline. Contact the academic department for additional information.
Course Data
  ENG 645   Top Black Atlantic 5.00 cr.
Intensive study of one to three major authors or selected topics from the 18th century. Recent offerings include Enlightenment and Revolution. Repeatable.
Grading Options: Graded for all students
Instructor: Bohls EE-mailHomepage Office:   263 PLC
Phone:   (541) 346-5484
Office Hours: 1330 - 1500 MW  
Only Open to Majors: English
Course Materials
 
  CRN Avail Max Time Day Location Instructor Notes
  22113 4 15 1230-1545 f 00 REMOTE Bohls E M
Academic Deadlines
Deadline     Last day to:
January 3:   Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded)
January 9:   Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
January 9:   Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
January 10:   Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded)
January 10:   Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded)
January 11:   Add this course
January 11:   Last day to change to or from audit
January 17:   Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded)
January 17:   Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded)
January 24:   Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded)
January 24:   Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded)
January 31:   Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded)
January 31:   Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded)
February 21:   Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded)
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Expanded Course Description
Paul Gilroy’s 1993 book launched a critical conversation about the Black Atlantic, the areas of Africa, Europe, and the Americas historically connected by the Atlantic slave trade and the African diaspora. We are living the legacy of slavery in the 21st century, as recent events make distressingly clear. In this course we will study primary materials from the Black Atlantic archive of the long eighteenth century (1660-1838), including slave narratives, ships’ logs, planter histories and political tracts, as well as a novel, poetry, and various visual representations. Guiding our discussions will be Black feminist theory by Hortense Spillers, Saidiya Hartman, Christina Sharpe and others, along with critical race theory and innovative archival histories developing methods for unearthing the lives of those without access to literacy or print. In addition, we’ll work on antiracist pedagogy, asking how best to teach the history of slavery in a place, Oregon, with its own often-neglected racist history. The course is grounded in the claim that Black Atlantic history and literature provide vital tools for antiracist work in the present day.
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