ENGH 400: Honors Seminar

ENGH 400-DL1: Claiming Early America
(Fall 2020)

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.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Emphasizes growth in awareness of literary scholarship as a discipline, providing opportunity for advanced study in literary and cultural criticism. Covers variety of topics, including consideration of a literary period, genre, author, work, theme, discourse, or critical theory. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Open only to English department honors students.
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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