Archiving America
ENGL 341
Spring 2025
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01
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The guiding questions of this class will be: What is an archive, and how does it shape the production and suppression of knowledge? We will study authors who illustrate the importance of archiving experiences and events across scale, from pandemics to poverty, deportation to day-to-day survival, environmental disaster to the smallest of environmental shifts. Another central issue we will grapple with is the politics of the archive, or how race and empire affect what is considered worthy of archiving and how archival materials are interpreted. Also, to consider archival concepts alongside practice, we will familiarize ourselves with the language and key concepts of archival processes and work with Wesleyan's Special Collections and Archives. Students will have the option of delving into their own materials or the University's archives to undertake projects that illuminate something valuable about the archive. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Selected authors may include Sarah Broom, Jacques Derrida, Saidiya Hartman, Zora Neale Hurston, Valeria Luiselli, Martin Manalansan, Ocean Vuong
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Examinations and Assignments:
3 papers/projects, presentations |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Active participation, various writing and archive-related assignments
Contributes to the fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: Literature Pathway: Literary Geography requirement: American Literature; Literary History requirement: Literary History 3; Theory.
Creative Writing Pathway: Literary Geography requirement: American Literature; Literary History requirement: Literary History 3; Theory. |
| Instructor(s): Nguyen,Marguerite Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: DWNY100; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: X |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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