12:00 PM to 01:15 PM T
Online
Section Information for Fall 2020
When Europeans first started writing in and about the Americas, they often promised accounts of something new and distant from the reader even as they made assumptions and telegraphed cultural and political interests that were not particularly American. Later generations have likewise drawn on early American narratives and themes in order to comment on modern conditions. Authors may claim qualities like modernity, virtue, or autonomy by using the early Americas as a foil or an occasion for proving these qualities. Or they may explore historical and artistic influences between the early American past and the present of their text in order to develop social, cultural, and political critiques of the present. This class is divided into four units: Representations of Conquest, Women on Trial, The Age of Phillis, and Revolutions Reframed. In each we take a close look at how early America is represented and to what ends using a range of archival, interpretive, and theoretical approaches. Final projects may be scholarly or creative.
ENGH 400 DL1 is a hybrid distance learning section with synchronous online course meetings on Tuesdays; open to students in English Honors. Please contact Professor Samuelian (ksamueli@gmu.edu) for permission to register.
Credits: 3
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