AMST 464 - Witnessing Slavery:Literature of Slavery and Abolition

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Trinity College

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Description:

This graduate-level seminar will trace Nineteenth-century ideas about slavery, freedom, race, and identity through the writings of abolitionist reformers, slave narratives and cultural artifacts (newspapers, photographs, fine art images, and icons). For the second half of the course we will turn to the Twentieth Century and examine how these ideas continue to impact American culture and literature (including film). Authors studied will include: Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Gilmore Simms, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Jacobs, Frederick Douglass, Henry Bibb, William and Ellen Craft, George Fitzhugh, Henry "Box" Brown, Nikki Giovanni and Toni Morrison. 1.00 units, Seminar

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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