Lectures

Links to notes and reading assignments for each individual lecture

Session	Language Topic	Cultural Topic	Reading	Music and Video	Lecture Materials
1	Introduction	Introduction			Lecture Syllabus
2	APK Leson 1: Greetings, Personal Pronouns, Commands	CONQUEST, COLONIZATION AND SLAVERY	Mintz, The Caribbean as a Socio-Cultural Area, pp. 17-31		Lecture Creole Syntax
3	Leson 1, cont.		Mintz, The Caribbean as a Social-Cultural Area, pp. 32-42	Music: SIDA by Ti Manno and Gemini All Stars	Lecture
4	APK Leson 2: Greetings, Short Forms of Pronouns, Commands	PEASANT RESISTANCE	Mintz, From Plantations to Peasantries, pp. 1-15, 20-22	Film: Haitian Song	Lecture
5		PEASANT ECONOMIC AND MORAL STRATEGIES	Carnegie, Strategic Flexibility in the West Indies		Lecture
6	Leson 2, cont.	FRENCH SUBJECTS, CREOLE OTHERS	Mufwene, What We Mean When We Say 'Creole'		Lecture Key Terms
7	APK Leson 3: Classroom Objects, Articles, Noun Plurals		Valdman, The Linguistic Situation of Haiti		Lecture
8	Leson 3, cont.		Laforest, Homelands in The Butterfly’s Way		Lecture
9	APK Leson 4: People and Places, Progressive Marker		Chamoiseau, School Days: preface, pp. vii-ix, "Longing" pp. 9-51		Lecture
10	APK Leson 4, cont.		Chamoiseau, School Days, pp. 51-93		Lecture
11	APK Leson 5, Describing Activities, Possessive, Clothing		Chamoiseau, School Days, pp. 94-end		Lecture
12	APK Leson 5, cont.		Discussion of Film	Film: La Rue Cases Negrés	Lecture
13	APK Leson 6: What’s Happening?, Possessives, Counting	“DEVELOPMENT” AND THE EXODUS OF PEOPLE	Richman, Migration and Voodoo: Chapter 2 "Migration, Remittances and Development"	Music: Kannté, by Ti Manno and the Gemini All Stars Music: Yele by Wyclef Jean	Lecture Lyrics: Yele**
14	APK Leson 6, cont.		Richman, Migration and Voodoo, Chapter 2 "Migration, Remittances and Development"	Film: Life and Debt	Lecture
15	APK Leson 7: family, Demonstrative Determiner		Richman, A Lavalas at Home/A Lavalas for Home	Music: Ayiti Demen	Lecture
16	MIDTERM EXAM: Part 1, Creole Language				Midterm Review and Grammar Practice
17	MIDTERM EXAM: Part 2, Haitian Culture
18	APK Leson 8: The Face, Negative Forms	MIGRANTS AND SPIRITS AT HOME AND ABROAD	Brown, Mama Lola , pp. 1-20, 344-356	Music: Jaspora by Wyclef Jean	Lecture Lyrics: Jaspora**
19	APK Leson 8, cont.		Brown, Mama Lola, pp. 21-34, 79-92, 141-154	Music: Rhythms of Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou, Elizabeth McAlister, Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings	Lecture Table of Lwa
20	APK Leson 9: Chores, Timeless Verb Form		Brown, Mama Lola, pp. 203-240		Lecture Table of Illness
21	APK Lesson 9, cont.		Brown, Mama Lola, pp. 241-170	Film: Legacy of the Spirits	Lecture
22	APK Leson 10: Telling Time, Definite Determiner		Brown, Mama Lola, pp. 271-311		Lecture
23	APK Leson 10, cont.		Brown, Mama Lola, pp. 312-344, 364-381		Lecture
24	APK Leson 11: Doing Laundry, Spatial Prepositions, Questions		Review and Discussion
25	APK Leson 11, cont.		Review and Discussion
26	Final Review				Final Exam Review
27	FINAL EXAM: Part 1, Creole Language
28	FINAL EXAM: Part 2, Haitian Culture

** - Song lyrics found online do not necessarily follow correct grammar, spelling, or orthography of Haitian Creole.

Citation: Richman, K. (2008, January 30). Lectures. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/latino-studies/creole-lanuage-and-culture/lectures-1.