“Although I was intimated by the fast pace and heavyworkload of the course, I found myself falling in lovewith the works of Toni Morrison, as she has become myfavorite author. This course pushes me to critique my ownbiases and analyze deep societal controversies and howintersecting identities impact perspective.”ENGLISH~ Grey ‘24, University of Southern California (USC)SENIOR SEMINAR : TONI MORRISON“Fiction has never been entertainment for me,” asserts Toni Morrison in the audioversion of her Nobel prize acceptance speech. What, then, is the work of her昀椀ction? What evolutions can we see in her writing (structure, style, themes, andcontent) over the course of her career? How do her interviews, her own words,and the scholarly research on her work impact the reading of her work? How dopersonal insights and arguments engage with and contribute to the scholarshipon her work? What is the impact/legacy of Toni Morrison’s canon and why shouldfuture generations read her work? In this course, students develop reading,thinking, writing, research, and presentation skills bene昀椀cial beyond the classroom.In the 昀椀rst semester, because the essay is actually born in the reading stage, we
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