.. an/ DOCUMENT RESUME ED 158 293 CS 204 277 AUTHOR Stanford, BarbaDa Aiin, KariLa TITLE__ 'Black Literature fot High School Students. INSTITUTION national Council of Teachers of English, Uibana, Ill. PUB 'DATE 18 NOTE 274p. '4AVAILABLE PROMNational Councilof Teachers of English, 1111 Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (Stock.No..0330,6, $4.75. non-member, $3.,95 member) - ERRS' PRICE 40-$0.83 HC-$14.05 Plus'Postag,. BESCRIPTORS African Literature; American Literature; Annotated Bibliographies; Autobiographies; Biographies; *Black Culture; *Black History; *Black Literature; Black Studies"; Class Activities; EnglishInstruction; Fiction; Polk Culture; literary Influences; *Literary Perspective;,Literary Styles; *Literature Appreciation; *Literature Programs; Mythology; Secondary Education ABSTRACT . An interracial team of:teacherS'" and regional consultanti worked together_reV#insthisten-syear-old book on the _ teaching of black literature. ne first section discusses black literature in terms of its discovery, tradition, and affective aspects; outlines goals and objectives for the course; presents a historical survey of black American writers; considers junior novels, short story collections, 'biographies, and, autobiographies (historical And moitern) by bot black and white writers; an0 presents supplementary bibliographies. of.black literature. The second part of .the bdok deals with classroom uses of black American 10ratUe. Included in" this section-are outlines for two literature 'units on the bla6k experience; units on slave narratives and autobiography, poetry), and the short story; ecouise onAfro-American literature; _and a senior elective course on black literature, for which a bibliography is included. Also included are suggestions for bomposition, discussion, role playing, and games. The book contains a directory.of publishers and author anl title indexes. AMAI) r o ********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that.can be made * 14 from the original document. * v ' **********************4*****,***********************************,****** , 4 a b 4 Black Literature for. Hi -h SchooLStudents- A, U S DEPARTMENT OP NEALTN. EDUCATIONswELFARE NATIoNAL onSvivuTE of : EDUCATION ., THIS DOCUMENT HAS SEEN feeono: OuCE0 Own'', AS RECEIVED FROM THE .PERSON OR CtROANQATIONoinsiN. Barbara Dodds. Stanford Aviv/0 0 POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS Utica College of Syracuse University S T ATEDa O NOT N:I C fSSA So IV;trSENTua; EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY Karima Amin . Buffalo.Cify School District, New York -... ' ,,,r1::"..1 . A e ... V 4 ..4 s -. .00 4 c . v "PERMISSION v0 REPRODUCE THIS A / .0a MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY ,lati ona 1 Council of Teachers of Enul i sh I, TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTgR (ERIC) AND USERS OF THE ERIC SYSTEM." iN- . National Council of Teachers of &Dash 1111 Kenyon 'Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801- ° . 3. .. N . sv . 4 Grateful acknowledgment is made for permiss'ion to reprint several 4 poems in this book: "The New Integrationist" from Black Pride and "Black Woman" from Ana Crg:Sereant by Haki.R. Madhubuti (Don t. Lee), reprinted by permission of the author and 'third World Press, 7524 South Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois 60619. "For Paul Laurence Dunbar". from On These I Stand by Countee Cullen. , Copyright 1925 by Harper & pow, Publishers, Inc.; renewed 1953 by Ida M. Cullen, Reprinted by permission of the publisher. NCTE Editorial Board: Evelyn Copeland, Rudine Sims, Donald Stewart C. Ann Terry, Frank Zidoms, Robert F. Hogan, cvoffieio, Paul O'Dea, ex officio . Staff Editor: Diane Allen. Book Design: Tom Kovacs . NCTE Stock Numbei 03308 .Copyright 0 1978 by the National Council of Teachers of English. All . rights reserved.Printed,in the United States of America. It is the policy of NCTE in its journals and other publications to proxide a forum for the open discussion of ideas concerning the content and the teaching of English and language arts. Publicity accorded to any particular point of view does not imply endorsement by the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors, or the member. ship at large, except in announcements of policy, where such endorse. ... ..., ment is clearly specified. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data 44 4 4 Stanford, Barbara Dodds.. Black literature for high school students. Includes bibliographies and indexes. 1.American literatureAfro-American authors Study and teacieg (Secondary) 2.American literatureAfro-American authorsBiobibliography. I.Amin, Karima, 1947- joint author. IL "Title. PS153.N5S7 8108'0896 . 78-16890 ISBN 04141-0330-8 1 . .. ft., . .. I .. ccilitrits-- p , -... -s. :. - 4. ..S. - I. '''WI' : . Priface- t.. '6(.4 . 1 F L Black American Literature . .t.,. __1. -Teaching Black Literature in Today's High Schools `G $ N Barbara Dodds Stanford - The toiscovereof Black Literature -. ... Black literature and lbday's Teachers D 5 Black Literature as a Separate Tridition -...,_ 7 Affective Aspects of Black Literature -.9 'Goals and ObjeCtives for tiack Literature Courses -11 , 2. A Historical Survey of Black American Writers . 17 Barbara Dodds Stanford Pre-Civil War Writers? 20 Post-Civil War.Writers , 22 The Harlem Renaissance . 29 . ....... - Past Becomes Present (1930-1950) . 40 ' 53 , Contemporary Black Writers (1950 -1965) 9 The New Black Writers (1965-Present) 73 'Anthologies and Criticism of Black Literature 90 t - 3.Adolescent Literature by and about Black People ° 97 '-. Karima Amin . .. Junior Novels by Black Writers - 98 Short Stoty*Collectiona by Black Writers 115 The Black Experience in Junior Novels .. 118 . .- I -by White Writers .. 4.Biography NI Aufeibiography S . 125 , Barbara Dodds Stanford- , -otlf'....,' Biographies of Historical Figures 127 Biographies of Moderns )143 - .Biography Collections 166 . .g. ° V .. 1 . 4 1 a , 0 I vi 0,Conlents e . 5. Supplementary Bibliographies of Black Literature 169 A Booklist of Contemporary Afrgn Literature 169 A List and Plays by Black Writers for the Advanced Student's Supplemented Reading 172 The B Presence on the American Frontier:_ An Annotated Bibliography 175 . Black Literature of Sports: Aleciimmended Bibliography .. 181 . Recordirigs of Black American Literature 182 ... II. .Classromri Uses of Back American literature 187 6.T!...0 Literature Units on the Black Experience 189 Kai.ima Amin Outline 1: From Africa to America 189 Outline2: Eye + Mind + Heart --% Experience 193 .pibliography .. 4'197 7. Three Black Literature Units - 199 .Cleveland Public Schools . Slave Narrative and Aitobiography (5 weeks) 199. -Introduction to Poetry (3 weeks) 209 Introduction to the Short Story (3 weeks) . (212 Bibliography . - .215 8: Afro-American -Liieg rature: An Addendum to the Course of Study in Literature '217 Pittsburgh PuelleZchools .,Yr ;Black Literature, or a Unit . 1 . on Hunan Relationships: Grade 7 217 Black Literature for a Unit on the World of the Imagination: Grade 8 221 . 5Black Literature foi i Unit' on Mytli and: Legend: Grade 9 224 Black Literature for a Unit . onProse Nonfiction: Grade 0 228 Bibliography 233 .., 9. 'Black Literature.. A Senior Ilictive 237 . Course of Study 238 Bibliography . 239 I a -.4 Contents. vii ,. -4 .. .- , ,.. 10. Supplementary Activities 241 . Karima Amitt ' - . ., --- Composition- andDiscussion Motivators . 241 Ideas for Role-Playing . 244 A Word about Games :11,,246 Directory of INblishere 249 ' Autior Index 266. Title Index .261 5 Auth'ir4 .0 273 + . T7---=; . -. 4 5 44*. o t4 .....' (*, s o. P 4 S. I 7 am/ 4 4. a 5 . 4. to .10 U e a. 1 Prefaee t ,a4 b .' t O. .$ .. .. .4.4.* A, 4- ., , Is Ten years ago, as a White graduate student and a eecondletir teacher, I wrote a book called Negro Literature' for High° School Students, one of the NCTE's first books on minority literature, and for Several years one of its best sellers. With annotations on approximately 150 books, it was comprehensive, including almost every literary .work br a black writer or with. a black main .character that was in print at the time. In addition, a depressingly- large number of out-of-print.books were inchided, for such classics . asGwendolyn Brooks' The Bean Eaters and Maud Martha, Wit- Ibiza Derby's Beetiecreek, Ann Petry's The Street, and. Richard Wright's Eight Men were all unay.. eliable in bdokstores. Ten years ago- Negro Literature' fog High School Students was complete had up-todate. The wealth of black literature published since that time has made a new edition necessary. A new book was desperately needed to direct teachers to the important new works now available from black writers. And in addition to new books, a new perspective was needed. As black literature has become'more- popular, new insights have emerged from both critics and teachers. We have now' recognized more honestly the impaetthat cultural - '-_. preconceptions have on a person's ability to evaluate and to analyze literature objectively. Many Contemporary black writers claim that'their works are so far froth white traditions that white critics have no right to evaluate them, and this rejeationis often extended to white -teachers. When I first heard challenges to a white teacher's ability to interpret black literature, I was upset and, fangry, bqt I have since recognized the validity of the statement . that white people do not interpret literature the same way black people 'do. It is now obvious to methat my, reaction to the works of Imamu Amiri Baraka is -very likely not the same as a black person'areaction, and is probably