ENGL W3400

Amazing class! All selected texts are incredibly interesting and enlightening. Her lecture style is excellent, very engaging, yet relaxed. There's one 5-page paper, one in class midterm (IDs, passage analysis, and essay) and one take home final (three 2-4 page essays on different topics and including most of the texts/authors as options for analysis...basically lots of freedom to craft eloquent essays). If you do the readings, you will do very well in the class. I recommend attending lectures because Farah Griffin provides great insight on the various texts. Midterm: 92, Essay: 92, Final: 96

A book a week Two five page essays In class final exam that is comprehensive to say the least

Not bad at all; in class midterm, take home final, and essay. She did surprise us with a pop quiz but it ended up not counting towards our final grade. There are readings (obviously) but you can do those the night or two before and still do well.

Prof Blount is a lecturer. Expect class to be a rambling of his ideas of black male inferiority and the musings of a gendered racial historical narrative. Despite making up his own words and giving Woolf a run for her money in stream of consciousness rambling ad nauseum, Blount is on top of his game. He really cares about what he is talking about. He refuses to define sexuality. Blount integrated the Columbia English faculty on 1985 as the first black hire. He has a personal relationship with the authors we read (metaphorical and legitimate) and is eager to share with us his own experiences. If anything the syllabus is incredible. AA Lit II is the way to go for a class that's readings are actually worth reading. I wish he had graded our papers though, instead of the know it all TA. Not incredible, not horrible. Painless especially if taken for the GS lit requirement.

I adored this class. Professor Griffin is an amazing teacher, and the subject matter was very interesting. She is a great lecturer, and as long as you pay attention to her and attend class regularly there is no reason why you should not get an A. The TA, Valeria Tsygankova, was also extremely helpful, and was willing to extend an essay deadline that was due a day when I had three other papers due. I definitely recommend this class to fulfill a literature requirement; it's not too difficult and very interesting, and could be a good GPA boost if you play your cards right.

1 midterm paper (5 pages), 1 in class midterm (super straightforward if you do the reading and review) and 1 take home final (3 mini papers)

Excellent class. Professor Griffin assigns the right amount of work for each class, it's substantial enough that you feel like you're leaning, but not so much that you feel overwhelmed and don't do it. Her lectures are really interesting and she takes questions at the end of each class. She is able to place each text within a historical and literary context so you leave feeling like you've really understood many dimensions of the text. She's super nice and funny, very welcoming at office hours and replies promptly to emails. Highly recommended for anyone looking to get a solid background in AA literature.

Fairly light. Many of the readings were excerpted. In terms of graded assignments, the class was given a take-home final (50%) consisting of three 3-4 page essays, an in-class midterm (25%), and a critical 5-page essay (25%).

Professor Griffin is a wonderful instructor. Not only is she incredibly articulate and engaging, but she is also readily available to meet with her students outside of class. Although this was a lecture class, Professor Griffin made an effort to include students in discussion. The readings were all very interesting and Professor Griffin's ability to break down texts made them even more enjoyable. Professor Griffin truly seems to care about enabling her students to succeed in the class. Not to mention the TA, Jarvis, was equally as helpful and approachable!