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Academic Year 2003/2004
19th-Century American Utopias
HIST 330 SP
This seminar will examine expressions, both religious and secular, of the utopian impulse in American culture. Communitarian experiments launched by Shakers, Mormons, Transcendentalists, Perfectionists, and feminists
will
be studied as manifestations of social and religious turmoil and will be compared with their literary analogues.
MAJOR READINGS
Brooke, THE REFINER'S FIRE
Hawthorne, THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE
Guarneri, THE UTOPIAN ALTERNATIVE
Kern, AN ORDERED LOVE: SEX ROLES AND SEXUALITY IN VICTORIAN UTOPIAS
Hayden, THE GRAND DOMESTIC REVOLUTION
Humez, MOTHER'S FIRST-BORN
DAUGHTERS
Nordhoff, THE COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES
Edward Bellamy, LOOKING BACKWARD
Gilman, HERLAND
Stein, THE SHAKER EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
A brief class presentation and a substantial research paper will be required of each student. Participation in discussion will be reflected in the final grade.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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