ENGL 352P: Toni Morrison

1 unit
Prerequisites: Completion with a 2.0 or better of at least three units in English, including one unit numbered ENGL 220 to ENGL 289; or permission of instructor.
A close study of Toni Morrison’s work across genres, including her fiction, speeches and essays, literary criticism, children’s books (co-authored with her son), and glimpses of her work as an editor. Major attention is given to issues of race, gender, class, community, and nation; other topics include the history of critical response to Morrison’s fiction and the variety of theoretical approaches to reading and interpreting her work. Students will engage with published scholarship on Morrison’s work to produce an original literary analysis of a chosen text or theme in Morrison’s oeuvre. L Brown