FYSB BC 1269x - Americas I

Institution:

Barnard College

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Description:

The course transcends the traditional and arbitrary distinction that separates North and South American literatures. The Americas emerge not as a passive colonial object but as an active historical and aesthetic agent. Emanating from what might be called the geographical site of modernity, American literature is characterized by unprecedented diversity and innovation. In addition to classic American novels, short stories, and poetry, the multicultural curriculum features genres ranging from creation myths and slave narratives to Gothicism and magic realism. Texts include: Popul Vuh; Shakespeare, The Tempest; Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Anne Bradstreet, and Phillis Wheatley, selected poetry; Madre María de San Jos Vid a; Charles Brockden Brow n, Edgar Huntl y; Toussaint L'Ouverture, selected letters; Leonora Sansa y, Secret Histor y; Olaudah Equian o, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equian o; William Apes s, A Sonof the Fores t; Esteban Echeverría, "The Slaughterhouse"; Herman Melville, "Benito Cereno.- L. Mehta 3 points

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.barnard.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-5262

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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