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HANDBOOD TO BLACK POETRY
(overview-Outline)
by
Eugene B. Redmond

This book is designed to augment courses in Black Poetry (or Black Literature) and to complement related areas of study:

American Literature, Black

Studies, African Literature or Studies, American Poetry, English Poetry, Humanities, Music, History, etc.
in mind:

It is also prepared with community-oriented persons

Those desiring to develop writing or literature clubs, Black History

study groups, special workshops and seminars for community gatherings or to
commemorate an important event or person.
Outline
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III.

Introduction (Problems, range, Black identity, needs, e c.)
Course Anatomy and Development; Primary Texts
A.

Discussion of course organization and texts, including lengthy
textbook lists and suggested related readings.

B.

A unit-by-unit breakdown/discussion of a course in Black Poetry;
the six units cover Black Poetry from 1746 to the present; ecCl:::h
unit includes a Literary/Social. Backgr ound and related sub-topics.

Exploring Black Poetry:

Classroom Dynamics

A.

Detailed discussion of meaning and form in Black Poetry, including
comments on reading the poetry silently and aloud.

B.

Commentary/explication using a representative selection of poems
to reinforce theories and statements already advanced.

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C.

IV.

v.

Student exercises including in-class and out-of-class reports;
also, a list of recording artists and Black orators whose works
can be studied in conjunction with the literary poetry.

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Gloss ry of selected terms used in the study of Black Literature in
general and Black Poetry in particular (optional).
Brief note (warnings/suggestions) to teachers of Black Literature/Poetry •

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VI.

Selected Bibliography, including a note which considers some of the
specific problems of the student of Black Poetry and the Black
Experience.

NOTE:

This handbook is not intended as an anthology since so many such
compilations exist.

Rather it is seen as a correlative to the study

of Black Poetry and Black Literature in general.

As

a teacher-poet

sho yearly travels throughout the country to lecture on/read Black
Poetry, I have first hand knowledge of the needs of most teachers in
this area.

A handy guide to Black Poetry--in view of the countless

anthologies and single collections, and the high interest in the
subject--is the number one priority as far as teachers and students
are concerned.

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