Dr. Thompson 3 credits

          This course examines the theme of motherhood in the fiction of Toni Morrison.  We will explore motherhood as a site of intersecting discourses of race/ethnicity and gender in the U.S., racism’s impact on the study and understanding of Black families, present and absent mothers, gender roles in conflict across generations, and the importance of the matrilinear.

Required Course Texts:
“Recitatif”                                                        
Sula                                                                 
Jazz                                                                 
Paradise
The Bluest Eye
Tar Baby
Beloved
Selected essays by and recent criticism on Morrison (pdf’s)          

This course is cross-listed with Women's Studies and will also fulfill the English Major "Author" requirement.

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