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Academic Year 2001/2002

The Working of Sight: 19th Century American Print and Visual Cultures
ENGL 228 SP

19th century visual and print cultures together engaged in the cultural work of forming American identities. In this course we will examine the ways the middle-classes imagined subjectivity and how the terms of interiority tranformed over the century. How does an antebellum notion of gendered interiority evolve? And how does the postbellum middle-class reinscribe this notion in terms of blood and "race"?

MAJOR READINGS

Readings from Thoreau, Stowe, Jacobs, Hawthorne, Poe, Keckley, Wharton, and others

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Written assignments: several short papers, an annotated bibliography, and an individual research project culminating in a longer paper.
Oral assignments: every student will be responsible for one 15-minute in-class oral presentation.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Rosenblum,Shelly   
Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: DAC300
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 25)
SR. major: 7   Jr. major: 7
SR. non-major: 4   Jr. non-major: 4   SO: 3   FR: X

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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