ENGL 265
Topics in American Literature: Freedom and Captivity
Spring 2013
Division I
Writing Skills Exploring Diversity Initiative
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
This course explores the American obsession with freedom and captivity, as those concepts manifest themselves in works ranging from Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation to Herzog’s Grizzly Man. We’ll look at novels, films, captivity narratives, works of journalism, and memoirs, framed by additional readings in cultural geography, historiography, and literary history. Throughout, we will attend to the curious persistence of certain stories about freedom, and to the ways those stories continue to structure American ideas about nation, race, and self.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 3604
Grading: yes pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 3604
Grading: yes pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
two 6-page papers; one 10-page paper; active attendance and participation; occasional short responses
Extra Info:
not available for the Gaudino option
Prerequisites:
a 100-level English course, or a score of 5 on the Advanced Placement examination in English Literature or a 6 or 7 on the International Baccalaureate
Enrollment Preferences:
first-year students, sophomores, and English majors who have yet to take a Gateway
Distributions:
Division I
Writing Skills Exploring Diversity Initiative
Attributes:
ENGL 200-level Gateway Courses
ENGL Literary Histories B
ENGL Literary Histories B
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ENGL 265 - 01 (S) SEM Topics in American Literature
ENGL 265 - 01 (S) SEM Topics in American LiteratureDivision I Writing Skills Exploring Diversity InitiativeMWF 8:30 am - 9:45 am
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