LITR 4332 American Minority Literature Model Assignments Research Project Submissions 2013

Research Essays (classic term paper, 8-12 pages) (due 19-24 April 2013)

Tara L. Lawrence, The Fall and The Quest: Narratives Told Through the Child's Perspective in American Minority Literature

Heather Minette Schutmaat, The Double-Minority Concept and African American Women

Christina Velez, The African Female Literary Movement

Research Journals (purpose-driven compilation of research findings) (12-15 pages) (due 19-24 April 2013)

Niki Bippen, Trying to Deceive Someone? Ask the Trickster How!

Rebecca Bridjmohan, Assimilation vs. Resistance and the Lifelong Struggles of the American Indians

F. Kat Henderson, Let's Have a War

Cohen Landry, The African Experience

Cynthia Lozano, Multicultural Literature for Children

Jillian Norris, Teaching American Minority Literature in the Middle School Classroom

Jasmine Summers, The journey of the oral literature of African-Americans and Native-American after contact with the now dominant culture of America.

2 Research Posts (two 4+ paragraph reports on topics of choice relating to course) (1st post due 11-23 March; 2nd post 19-24 April 2013)

Blanca Castellanos
1st post: The Alien Virgin
2nd post: The Virgen of Guadalupe as an Example of Cultural Hybridity

Rebecca Chlapowski
1st post: Breaking Rules
2nd post: Did you Get That?

Felicia Coglianese
1st post: Who are Italians?
2nd post: Learning about Native Americans

Katasha DeRouen
1st post: Harriet Jacobs: Now and Then
2nd post: Imagine: Beyond a Slave

Amy Fuqua
1st post: Multiple Ways to Assimilate
2nd post: The Trials of Assimilation

Ryan Harold
1st post: The Treatment of Indians by Westerners
2nd post: The Myth of the Noble Savage

Thomas Higginbotham
1st post: Coming Out in Literature
2nd post: Gaymes and Gamers

Karen Logan
1st post: Importance of Teaching Multicultural Literature in the Classroom
2nd post: Teaching Multicultural Literature in Classrooms Today        

Jennifer Longoria
1st post: Minority Literature in the Classroom
2nd post: White Author, Black Character

Amanda Newell
1st post: American Indian Assimilation
2nd post: The Dark Side of Religion

William Owen
1st post: The African American Church During the Civil War
2nd post: From Tepee to Dormitory

Carolee Osborne
1st post: Slaves: Not Just White and Black
2nd post: To Assimilate . . . or Not to Assimilate

Patricia Stacey
1st post: Native American Culture and the Hardships it has Faced to Survive
2nd post: Native American Culture and the Lengths Taken to Preserve It

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