Answer of the questions below:
Ricky Atkinsons autobiography is a type of True Crime writing, but so is, arguably, George Boyds dramatic examination of the Africville Relocation. Lyrics and images in Wayde Comptons 49th Parallel Psalm also suggest a concern for law-breakingor its necessity. Talk about the views of crime present in all three authors and whether these are liberating or simply reinforce victimization.
Suzette Mayrs Monoceros presents several, emotionally vulnerable and/or psychologically fragile characters. In contrast, Atkinson renders himself as a cool, collected, and accomplished criminal whose conscience insists that he harm neither woman nor child. In Boyds play, his church-going characters ponder civic duty and probe their consciences. In which of these works, in your opinion, is the presentation of conscience most acute, most affecting? Give examples.
In what ways are Torontos slums (Atkinson), a high school (Mayr), and Africville (Boyd) similar? Identify the philosophies or ethics that each of these locales encourages.
Compare the experimental poetry of Compton with the memoir that Anderson relates. Is a genealogical and historical set of poems (Compton) as satisfying a narrative as that of an ex-bank-robber who is on parole until 2035? Are either of these works more pleasurable to read than is Mayrs novel about dysfunctional relationships (familial, romantic, amiable, professional)?
Ponder the sex lives of gangsters (Atkinson, Africville residents (Boyd), and high school students and faculty (Mayr). Are their sexualities mutually transgressive and unconventional? Or can they also be conventional and bourgeois?
Compton is Afro-American/Euro-Canadian in his genealogy; Mayr is German and Caribbean in hers; Boyd is a historically rooted African-Nova Scotian: What effectsif anydo their different cultural allegiances have on their approaches to their subjects
Consider redemption narratives, if any, in Boyd, Mayr, and Compton.
Select passages from Boyd, Compton, and Mayr and ponder the ways in which their works articulate and/or undercut Romanticism and Gothicism.
How internationalist or cosmopolitan or race (Black) nationalist are the protagonists in Atkinson, Boyd, and Compton? Give examples, including any contradictory episodes.
Texts from the term:
Atkinson & Fiorito. The Life Crimes and Hard Times of Ricky Atkinson.
Book, Shane. Congotronic
Boyd, George. Consecrated Ground.
Brand, Dionne. Land to Light On.
Clarke, Austin. Choosing His Coffin.
Compton, Wayde. 49th Parallel Psalm.
Cooper, Afua. The Hanging of Angelique
Gale, Lorena. Anglique.
Hosten, Jennifer. Miss World 1970.
Jones & Walker. Burnley Rocky Jones: Revolutionary.
Laferrire, Dany. How to Make Love to a Negro without Getting Tired.
Mason-John, Valerie. I Am Still Your Negro.
Mayr, Suzette. Monoceros.
Mezlekia, Nega. Notes from the Hyenas Belly.
Reid-Benta, Zalika. Frying Plantain.
Sears, Djanet. Harlem Duet.
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