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Winter 2019 Course Offerings

Winter 2019

Michele Tarter
LIT 374: American Lit to 1800
Blended Learning Course
In person meetings: Mondays, January 7, 14, and Thursday January 24 from 10am-1pm. 

There was so much happening in early America, and yet so very few people know about it. In the last few decades, scholars have unearthed tomes of manuscripts dating back to colonial times, and what they’ve found is both fascinating and disturbing. Join us as we look at life and culture in the colonies. We’ll begin with cross-cultural encounters, particularly when the Native American Indians welcomed European explorers and Puritan settlers to what is controversially called “The New World.” We’ll then turn to all forms of dissent literature evolving from this multicultural time period: Indian captivity narratives; witchcraft trial records; slave narratives; Quakers’ travel logs; women’s manuscript diaries and commonplace books; and female seduction novels at the heart of Revolutionary America. This body of material forms the foundation of any study on American culture, thought, and identity formation.

As a blended learning course, we will utilize many of the newly digitized manuscripts and primary resources from research libraries around the world. In person meetings: 1/7, 1/14 and 1/24 from 10am-1pm
***Since we do not have class on Monday, Jan. 21st (MLK Day), we will hold class on Thursday, Jan. 24th, 10AM-1PM***

 

Diane Steinberg & Michael Robertson
LIT 357/HON 270: British Theatre
Study Abroad in London
January Term
For more information: http://cge.tcnj.edu or email dsteinbe@tcnj.edu or mroberts@tcnj.edu

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