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Patrick wrote a new post, The Color Purple, A Valuable Text, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 1 day, 23 hours ago

I believe an apt addition to the course would be The Color Purple by Alice Walker. The issues and depth of this book and the topics it covers like abuse, trauma and love. I think maybe not the whole book would be […]
Ty wrote a new post, The Missing Author: Gloria Naylor, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 2 days, 5 hours ago

I think a great fictional book in this class would be Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor. The religious undertones within the text, illustrated by Naylor’s reference to Dante’s Inferno, the satanic unde […]
Carly McWilliams wrote a new post, "When Faith Meets Activism" Meets Slam Poetry, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 2 days, 13 hours ago

One of my favorite units in this class was the “When Faith Meets Activism” section of our syllabus, during which we read works like Warriors Don’t Cry and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. The literature and film […]
Jack Galle wrote a new post, Zora Neale Hurston Field Work Footage, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 2 days, 15 hours ago

While we read multiple texts by Zora Neale Hurston, her foray into the world of film would also be interesting. I think it would also serve as a great segue to Daughters of the Dust because some of the film is […]
Eliza Cullen wrote a new post, Just Mercy, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 2 days, 17 hours ago

If I were to add something to our silabus I would add a book or short story that is from the 2000s to show what Black religious texts are nowadays. One of my favorite books that might fit into this category is […]
Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post, "in igboland" and Illness Narratives, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 2 days, 21 hours ago

I think that Nicole Sealey’s poem “in igboland” from her book Ordinary Beasts would make a good addition to the course because it reminds me a bit of Daughters of the Dust. The poem focuses on a town that build […]
Rekik Ziku wrote a new post, Song of Solomon by Tony Morrison, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 days, 2 hours ago

One text I think should be added to this course is “Song of Solomon” by Tony Morrison. I think it fits the objective of this class as it focusses on African American ways of living and has lots of religious […]
Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post, Future Readings for the Course: The Divides Exposed in Music, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 3 days, 2 hours ago

Earlier, we discussed the symbolism of the train in Hurston’s Jonah’s Gourd Vine, Reverend J.M. Gates’ “Death’s Black Train is Coming,” along with a secondary article, John M. Giggie’s After Redemption: Jim C […]
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Nathanael Hampton wrote a new post, The Exodox Podcast Ep. 2, on the site Digital Studies 6 days, 10 hours ago

Ever got some oddly specific advertisements from entering a few key words in a google search once? What about brands that always tempt you with items you want from previous window shopping searches? Maybe you […]
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Abby wrote a new post, A "Royal" Family, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 1 week, 6 days ago

Prompt 8

I wanted to continue writing about what Carly started writing about in terms of our group discussion on Tuesday. I really like the analysis of “burning” as Gabriel feeling like he is already in Hell. […]
Luc wrote a new post, Gatorade, on the site You Are What You Eat 2 weeks ago

Here is where you’ll post your 500-word intro! Replace my words, but DON’T DELETE THE timeline code below.
Samuel Boudreau wrote a new post, The Relationship between the City and Self: An Analysis of Critical Article #1, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 2 weeks ago

In “The Tale of Two Cities in James Baldwin’s Go Tell it on the Mountain,” Charles Scruggs of the University of Arizona argues that while many view Baldwin’s work as a Bildungsroman or as a particular […]
Hannah Groetsch wrote a new post, Narrative Changes and Nature, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 2 weeks ago

Prompt 14

The biggest change between the film and the print text is the chronology and how the flashbacks are worked in. Rather than Gabriel, Florence, and Elizabeth each having their own distinct flashback […]
Eliza Cullen wrote a new post, Washing away your sins, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 2 weeks ago

The use of dirt and filth is very interesting in Go Tell It on the Mountain. Gabriel is always complaining about how dirty he thinks that the house is and saying that his wife should keep it cleaner. His obsession […]
Ty wrote a new post, Dirty and Narrow: The Questionable Path to Righteousness, on the site Religion in Black Film and Literature (Fall 2020) 2 weeks ago

The Tale of Two Cities critical article argues that “Baldwin juxtaposes two cities, the earthly and the heavenly, and together they help to focus the novels various themes: father and son, individual and c […]
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