ENG 3620 RACE THEORY: WILSON, PARKS, LEE
This class will discuss August Wilson's opus, The Pittsburgh Cycle: ten plays depicting the life and times of African-Americans in the 20th century, each set in a different decade. Wilson's cycle will be put into conversation with the plays of Suzan-Lori Parks (Venus, Topdog/Underdog, Father Comes Home From the Wars) and the films of Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, 4 Little Girls, Bamboozled). The theoretical framework for analyzing these plays and films will be drawn from race and ethnicity studies, from writers such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Langston Hughes to bell hooks and Henry Louis
Gates Jr.
Course Types
Expression, Literature, Advanced Studies