American Revolutions and Counterrevolutions
ENGL 302
Spring 2009
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 346 |
This course examines the pendulum swings of struggle in three realms whose conflicted history defines the American Enlightenment during the second half of the 18th century: democracy, gender, and racial equality. Our texts are not exclusively literary, but we will pay attention to literary and rhetorical effects; our interest lies not only in the political claims of these texts, but also in how they make their claims. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: ENGL201 |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Thomas Jefferson, selections
Peter Oliver, ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE AMERICAN REBELLION
Thomas Paine, selections
Mary Wollstonecraft, A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN
Hamilton, Jay, Madison, THE FEDERALIST
Edmund Burke, REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE
C.L.R. James, THE BLACK JACOBINS
Poems by Phillis Wheatley, Francis Williams, Jupiter Hammon, and others.
Selections from Jonathan Edwards, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Elizabeth Ashbridge, Benjamin Franklin, and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly short papers. Two medium-length or one longer essay. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course meets the Literary History II and Literatures of Difference requirements for the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Garrett,Matthew Carl Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: DWNY100; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 7 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 1 | FR: X |
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