Short Stories in Black Literature
8-weeks | This course is completed
In this course, we will be discussing short stories by Black writers. The emphasis will be a discussion of cultural, feminist, psychological, and historical analysis of the stories. We will discuss "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston, "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabrielle Marquez, "Dead Man’s Path" by Chinua Achebe, "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Sonny’s Blues" by James Baldwin, "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, and "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison.
Jacqueline Goffe-McNish
Dr. Jacqueline Goffe-McNish,PhD, was a professor of English and Humanities at Dutchess Community College for thirty-two years. She graduated from St. John Fisher University in Rochester and SUNY Brockport. Her master’s thesis was “The Teaching of African American Literature in High Schools”. She completed a Doctorate in Education at St. John Fisher University. Her dissertation research topic was “The Retention of Faculty of Color at Community Colleges”. She has written two textbooks. She is the superintendent of Sunday school at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. She is actively involved with Poughkeepsie AAUW and served as its president in 2012 and 2013.