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ENGL108

Imperial Fantasies: Gender and the Literature of English Empire
ENGL108 FA

Next Offered in 9899 FA

This First Year Initiative course will focus on the literature of English Empire in the nineteenth century. We will consider the relationship between femininity and the "English civilizing mission," the emergence of the New Woman and narratives of racial decline, Victorian voyages into the "dark continent," and the gender politics of Orientalism. Readings will include works of fiction, poetry, and prose.

MAJOR READINGS

harlotte Bronte, JANE EYRE
Mary Kingsley, TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA
Olive Schreiner, THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM
H.Rider Haggard, SHE
Florence Nightingale, LETTERS FROM EGYPT
Thomas Moore, LALLA ROOKH, AN ORIENTAL ROMANCE
Lord Byron, THE CORSAIR
Lewis Carroll, ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Bram Stoker, DRACULA
Joseph Conrad, HEART OF DARKNESS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two short papers (5 pages) and a final project (10-12 pages).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997




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