Course details

Name: ENWR - 220

Title: WRITING IN THE MAJOR

Section: 06

Semester: Spring - 2016

Credits: 3

Description:
In this class we will learn how to use historical contexts to move our literary interpretations beyond reactions and “relatable” musings. We’ll do this by reading texts published during and around England’s abolitionist movement. We will focus on the writing that shaped, and reflected, England’s transition from a slave-owning and trading culture to one that embraced the abolition of slavery as a moral imperative of national importance. We will work with first-person narratives about slavery, consider the representations of people of color in canonical and underread literature, and study the political writing that addressed the issue of abolition, paying particular attention to writing by British white women who saw their own plight in the horrors of slavery. We will also explore the contours of abolitionist writing from the “sentimental” to the hyper rational.

Last updated on 2015-10-30 By Matthew Patricia (matthewp)

Schedule: Monday From 2:30 pm To 5:00 pm

Graduation requirements:

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Teaching Faculty: Matthew Patricia (matthewp)

Is course canceled: No