Tanya Harris, M.A. Teaching Portfolio
Teaching Interests
|
|
| Beats, Rhyme and Culture Analyzing the impact hip-hop culture has had on America, studying everything from graffiti to current rap music artists. The course covers more than 200 years, looking at slave narratives, the Harlem renaissance, the civil rights movement, the black power/art movement and mainstream music. Students are encouraged to attend performances, art exhibits and other community events that are related to the course material. |
| Black American Literature |
| This course is a comprehensive survey of the writings of African Americans beginning with the 18th century through the present. By way of reading lecture and discussion, students analyze the various genres, topics, mores and traditions identified with African Americans, their historical and cultural significance. |
| Creative Writing This course will serve as an experiential means for reinforcing the theory of critical principles described and illustrated in Composition II. Through the written planning of submission through modifications of planning in response to editorial direction, and through written analysis of their own completed works, students will find that "inspiration" is only the beginning of creative writing. |
| Topics in Contemporary Literature |
| This course selects topics and themes from the literature of recent decades including recent developments in the drama, current movements in modern poetry and the fiction of today. |
| Women in Literature |
| This course allows students to look at women as they are perceived by others and as they perceive themselves. Through literary creations supplemented by films speakers, articles and anecdotal contributions from students, we will look at women from a variety of ethnic, social and racial groups, including but not limited to African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos and Native Americans. |
n16
