LITR 4332: American Minority
Literature
final
exam 2008
Research Report Proposals
Allison Beck
I would like to research the work of J. California Cooper, by focusing on how she has taking the plight of the black women and turn it into a healing mechanism through her narratives. I will attempt to do this by taking a look at her some of her work and focus on how she attempt to medicated the suffering through her words.
Lindsay Kelley
I would like to focus my
research on the "black is beautiful" movement in literature.I would also use
some examples of the "color-code" in African-American novels that focus on the
subject.
Catherine Louvier
The Lady of
Guadalupe serves as a symbol of female empowerment for Latina feminists today. I
can rely on essays from such authors as Sandra Cisneros and Anna Castillo. I
feel strongly that the image of the Blessed Mother is the single model of the
feminine divine among Christian traditions and that we owe a tremendous debt to
the Mexican people for preserving her image. Mexican-American feminists in
particular are looking forward by looking back at their own brand of Marian
theology. Anyway, if possible I would like to do research on this topic. By the
way, some of this might end up in the proposed essay, so if that would be a
problem as "already done" I would sure like to know.