ENGL 292 - Early Amer through the Eyes of the Other

3 Hour(s)

What was America like before Columbus? How did Native Americans and African Americans perceive America before the Civil War? What was the experience of the new continent and early America for women? Through research and close reading of a variety of early texts we will explore the counter-narrative of American experience, emerging national identity, and their relationship to evolving notions of race and gender. Our readings will range from creation stories and trickster tales to captivity and slave narratives, letters, speeches, journalistic essays, early American novels and poetry.

General Education Requirements: Humanities; Gender Inquiry; Writing Intensive