ASRC 4507 - [Black Women Writers: Books to Screen]

(crosslisted) ENGL 4507, FGSS 4507
(LA-AS)

Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Co-meets with ASRC 6507/ENGL 6507/FGSS 6507.

C. Boyce Davies.

Novels, plays, poetry, autobiography by black women have become popular material for screen plays, appearing in the more classic presentations of Beloved or The Color Purple for example to the recent controversial Tyler Perry production of For Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide. This course will examine a selection of representative works, by black women which have been converted to the big screen, allowing students to read these texts in their original form and then view the film adaption. From there we will engage in an assessment of what has transpired in terms of the representation of black women in each of these versions. Along the way we will also examine available interviews, documentaries and other materials which allow us to view black women in both the written and filmic tradition.