How does thisENG3332 course demonstrate that “a riot is the language of the unheard,” even as various authors employ languagein different genresto give voice to “the unheard”?
Judging by the texts we’ve read, why do you think African American literature returns to the topic of race riots and uprisings “over and over again”? And are contemporary social justice movements like Black Lives Matter a form of “riot prevention”?
In your critical reflection, you MUST write aboutthis text: Anna Deavere Smith’sTwilight: Los Angeles, 1992and at least ONE of these earlier-era-basedliterary works:
•David Walker’s Appeal
•The Confessions of Nat Turner
•Charles Chesnutt, The Marrow of Tradition
•Ida B. Wells, Southern Horrorsand/or A Red Record
•Johnson/Pleece, Incognegro: A Graphic MysteryYou must also incorporate a discussion of Black Lives Matterand draw on sourcesyour group researched re: Ferguson, Baltimore, Say Her Name, or George Floydfor the Annotated Bibliography assignment.
Use at least ONE source that you found, and ONE sourcefromanother group member(see your Annotated Bibliography). You may also use other sources from Modules 8and 9 (BLM statements, photos, interview, articles; Mina’s Memes to Movementsor Ransby’s Making All Black Lives Matter;Rankine’s Citizen; Tulsa Race Massacre;etc.).Strong critical reflections may also make use of core course concepts like the social construction of raceand intersectionality, and/or directly reference professor lectures, class discussion, and context/history/theory materials from across the Canvas Modules
