{"id":19188,"date":"2012-09-12T15:34:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T14:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=19188"},"modified":"2012-09-12T15:34:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T14:34:56","slug":"american-literature-and-culture-2-american-non-fiction-writing-1580-1880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=19188&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"American literature and culture 2: American Non-Fiction Writing, 1580-1880"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course title: <\/strong>American literature and culture 2: American Non-Fiction Writing, 1580-1880<\/span>
Instructor: <\/strong>Prof. Douglas Ambrose<\/span>
ECTS credits: <\/strong>6<\/span>
Language: <\/strong>English
Duration: <\/strong>4th<\/sup> or 6th<\/sup> semester<\/span>
Status: <\/strong>elective<\/span>
Enrolment requirements: <\/strong>completed Introduction to English literature<\/em>, enrolment in the 4th<\/sup> or 6th<\/sup> semester<\/span><\/p>\n

COURSE PURPOSE<\/strong>: <\/b>This course provides an introduction to American history through various forms of non-fiction writing. Beginning with sixteenth-century English accounts of the New World, we will explore the development of certain themes and genres that came to characterize American non-fiction, including the jeremiad, the captivity narrative, social and physical mobility, \u201cmanifest destiny\u201d and providentialism, the slave narrative, nature writing, and the promise of \u201cthe west.\u201d\u00a0 We will follow a chronological narrative through American history, recognizing throughout the political and social contexts of the texts while paying close attention to the internal development of the genres to which they belong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

COURSE STRUCTURE<\/strong>: <\/b>\u00a0Students must complete the readings for the week prior to our Monday meetings.\u00a0 Each Monday meeting will begin with a brief quiz on that week\u2019s materials.\u00a0 Each student must bring the week\u2019s readings to class each week.\u00a0 Although I will occasionally lecture in order to situate the texts, class discussion of the readings will constitute the bulk of our meetings.\u00a0 A successful class requires the participation of all<\/b> students.<\/span><\/p>\n

COURSE REQUIREMENTS<\/strong>: In addition to regular attendance, preparation, and participation, students will write three short papers (500-750 words each) and take a midterm and final exam.\u00a0 Beginning with Week 2 and continuing for every subsequent week through week 15, I will provide a question at the conclusion of Tuesday\u2019s meeting.\u00a0 Students will pick three of these questions to write on.\u00a0 Papers are always due the following Monday.\u00a0 I will not accept any late papers<\/i><\/b>, so choose wisely.\u00a0 The midterm exam will take place on either 15 or 16 April.\u00a0 The final exam will take place on either 10 or 11 June.<\/span>

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COURSE SCHEDULE
Week 1<\/strong>: Envisioning America. Read Thomas Harriot, A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia<\/a><\/i> (1588\/1590).<\/span>
Week 2<\/strong>: Planting a \u201cNew England.\u201d Read John Cotton, \u201cGod\u2019s Promise to His Plantation<\/a>\u201d (1630); John Winthrop, \u201cModel of Christian Charity<\/a>\u201d (1630).<\/span>
Week 3<\/strong>: Exhorting America: The Jeremiad and its Meanings. Read Samuel Danforth, New England\u2019s Errand into the Wilderness<\/i><\/a> (1670); Increase Mather, An Exhortation To the Inhabitants of New England<\/i><\/a> (1676).<\/span>
Week 4<\/strong>: Captivity, Identity, and Redemption. Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God<\/i><\/a> (1682). <\/span>
Week 5<\/strong>: Becoming American.\u00a0 Read Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography<\/i> <\/a>(1791).<\/span>
Week 6<\/strong>: The Transformation of Political Discourse. Read Thomas Paine, Common Sense <\/i><\/a>(1776); Samuel Sherwood, \u201cThe Church\u2019s Flight into the Wilderness<\/a>\u201d (1776).<\/span>
Week 7<\/strong>: Midterm exam.<\/span>
Week 8<\/strong>: <\/span>Explaining America. Read Hector St. John de Crevecour, Letters From an American Farmer<\/i><\/a> (1782) R<\/span>ead “Advertisement and Dedication,” Letter I, Letter III, and Letter IX<\/span><\/b>; Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia<\/i><\/a> (1787). Read “Front Matter,” Query 8, Query 11, Query 14, and Query 17.<\/b><\/span><\/span>
Week 9:<\/strong> Exploring America. William Bartram, Travels<\/i> <\/a>(1791). Read Part IV, Chapters \u00a0I-VI<\/b><\/span>; Lewis and Clark, Journals<\/i><\/a> (1814). <\/span>Read July 30, 1804; August 25, 1804; September 24 & 25, 1804; October 8, 9, 10, 11, & 12, 1804; October 27, 1804; October 29, 1804; October 31, 1804; November 4, 1804.<\/b><\/span>
Week 10<\/strong>: American Destiny. Read Lyman Beecher, A Plea for the West<\/i><\/a> (1832); and John L. O\u2019Sullivan, \u201cThe Great Nation of Futurity<\/a>\u201d (1839).<\/span>
Week 11<\/strong>: The Beginnings of African American Political Writing.\u00a0 Read David Walker, Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World<\/i><\/a> (1829).<\/span>
Week 12<\/strong>: Narrating American Slavery and American Freedom. Read William Wells Brown, Narrative of William Wells Brown, A Fugitive <\/i>Slave<\/em><\/a> (1847); Josiah Henson, The<\/em> Life of Josiah Henson . . . <\/i><\/a>(1849). <\/span>
Week 13<\/strong>: The \u201cOther America\u201d: The South.\u00a0 Read James Henley Thornwell, \u201cThe Christian Doctrine of Slavery\u201d (1850); Louisa McCord, \u201cWoman and Her Needs\u201d (1852); George Fitzhugh, \u201cSouthern Thought\u201d (1857), on Omega.<\/span>
Week 14<\/strong>: A New Birth: Postbellum America.\u00a0 Read Lincoln, \u201cSecond Inaugural Address<\/a>\u201d (1865); Horace Bushnell, \u201cOur Obligations to the Dead\u201d (1865) on Omega; Frederick Douglass, \u201cWhat the Black Man Wants\u201d<\/a> (1865); and \u201cOration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln<\/a>\u201d (1876).<\/span>
Week 15<\/strong>: Final Exam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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