http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net Love, Time, & the Exotic in Literature, Summer 2006 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:23:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en South African President [[Thabo Mbeki]]'s Contoversial views on AIDS. Read here. South African Health Minister, [[Manto Tshabalala-Msimang]], in controversy over her recent claims about delaying the onset of AIDS. Read here. http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net/2006/06/19/recent-aids-controversy-in-south-africa/ [[Isaac Julien]]'s film, Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Masks, examines some of the larger issues of race, nationalism, and colonialism we have been exploring so far this semester. Below are some ideas to consider as you frame your response to the film in the form of a blog post: -In the ... http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net/2006/06/12/frantz-fanon-black-skin-white-masks/ Link here. Have fun! http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net/2006/06/08/fanon-article-is-in-class-readings-section-of-blog/ Why do you think Chinua Achebe takes the title for his novel from the following poem? "THE SECOND COMING" by W.B. Yeats Turning and turning in the widening gyre The ... http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net/2006/06/08/considering-things-fall-apart/ Click on map for larger image http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net/2006/06/07/map-of-nigeria/ As we begin to discuss Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, it may prove generative to think about his quote below in order to frame our discussion of this novel in relationship to Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Additionally, let's read the excerpt from "Colonialist Criticism" in the Readings section of the ... http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net/2006/06/07/from-chinua-achebes-an-image-of-africa-racism-in-conrads-heart-of-darkness/ OK everyone, the Richard Ligon wikipedia article is still languishing! Thus far only Kathryn and Emily have added anything to the page I created on the wiki. So, I would like the rest of the class to find something to add to it and start shaping it into a rudimentary ... http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net/2006/06/02/ligon-wikipedia-entry/ In every society there also exist notions of difference between men and women, rich and poor, nobility and ordinary folk. Concepts of gender, class, and national difference have a profound effect on how any culture understands its own boundaries ... (6) In the introduction to Skakespeare, Race and Colonialism, Ania ... http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net/2006/05/31/first-paper-topic/ http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net/2006/05/30/jmw-turners-slave-ship-1840/ ... who will be brave enough to get start us off? Here is the link. http://engl375s06.jimgroom.net/2006/05/29/the-richard-ligon-wikipedia-article-is-languishing/