FYSP 176 - Black Women’s Narratives, Page, Stage and Screen

Semester Offered: Fall Semester 2019
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

Black Women?s Narratives on Page, Stage and Screen,? is an exploration of the storytelling styles of African American women authors in fiction, playwrighting/work for stage, and films. There will be a focus on comparing the various genres, especially in works that have appeared in more than one form, like Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, which will be explored as a play; an unproduced screenplay by Hansberry; and three different film treatments. Other authors include novelists Toni Morrison, Teri McMillan, and Zora Neale Hurston; playwrights Ntozake Shange and Dominique Morriseau and others; filmmakers Julie Dash.

Enrollment Limit: 16
Instructor: C. Jackson-Smith

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes