ENG292
TONI MORRISON
Also listed under 1 other title
- SENIOR HONORS
- Department
- English
- Terms offered
- 5
- Data refreshed
- Jun 30, 2026
Description
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison forever reconfigured how the world studies literature and race. Reading her novels, poetry, and non-fiction, we will examine how Morrison's writing enhances African American literary theory by critiquing the role race plays within the literary canon and society as a whole. Implementing Morrison's strategies such as removing the white gaze and discovering the Africanist presence, we will explore the historical and psychological themes of race, colorism, the ancestor, motherhood, multigenerational trauma, and love. The course is discussion and inquiry-based, so students must read, participate, moderate, and challenge themselves to think critically. For English majors, this course may satifsy the D-3 or E requirements, but cannot double-count. For English minors, this course can count either as a seminar in Theory or as a 200-level English seminar, but it cannot double count for the two requirements.
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2015–2025
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 20% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 9 fall terms since 2018. Department course count falling about 6% per year. | 2030 Spring: 11% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 7 spring terms since 2020. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 20% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 10 fall terms since 2017. Department course count falling about 6% per year. | 2029 Spring: 11% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 7 spring terms since 2020. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 20% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 11 fall terms since 2016. Department course count falling about 6% per year. | 2028 Spring: 11% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 7 spring terms since 2020. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 14% chance, high confidence. Offered in 3 of 12 fall terms since 2015. Department course count falling about 6% per year. Department faculty is about 16% below its recent average. | 2027 Spring: 10% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 7 spring terms since 2020. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2025 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2024 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2023 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2022 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2021 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2020 | 1 section | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2019 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2018 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2017 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2016 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2015 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Mon, 9:00 AM–11:50 AM ASEC304 202520222020
- Mon, 9:00 AM–11:50 AM ONLINE 2020
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Kourtney Senquiz | Seminar/Proseminar | 1 | 17 of 16 enrolled | 23951 |
| Fall 2022 | Kourtney Senquiz | Seminar/Proseminar | 1 | 14 of 14 enrolled | 21819 |
| Fall 2020 | Kourtney Senquiz | Online | 1 | 20 of 20 enrolled | 27934 |
| Spring 2020 | Kourtney Senquiz | Seminar/Proseminar | 1 | 22 of 20 enrolled | 37881 |
| Fall 2002 | SunHee K. Gertz | Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced | 1 | 1 of 20 enrolled | 26697 |