21G.020
After Columbus
Fall 2003
Topics
- Introductions
- Montaigne. “Of the Cannibals.” In Orgel, Tempest .
- De Léry. History of a Voyage.
- Jesuit Relations.
- Screening
- Movie: How Tasty was my little Frenchman …
- “The Strachey Letter” (Orgel, Appendix B). Tempest.
- Shakespeare. The Tempest.
- Smith. Generall Historie.
- Movie: Pocahontas. John Rolfe’s Letter (See “Backgrounds.”)
- Rowlandson. Sovereignty.
- Jemison. Narrative. Preface and Introduction.
- Jemison. Narrative.
- Paper Workshop
- Defoe. Crusoe .
- Coetzee. Foe.
- Walcott, “The Castaway,” “Crusoe’s Island,” “Crusoe’s Journal.”
- Paper Writing
- Walcott, “Ruins of a Great House,” “New World,” “The Sea is History.”
Readings
- de Léry, Jean. History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil. Edited and translated by Janet Whatley. U of California Press, 1990.
- Rowlandson, Mary. Sovereignty and Goodness of God. Edited by Neal Salisbury. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 1997.
- Coetzee, J. M. Foe. Penguin USA, 1988.
- Smith, John. General Historie of Virginia. Edited by Philip Barbour. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. (Selections)
- Walcott, Derek. Collected Poems 1948-1984. Noonday Press, 1987. (Selections)
- SES #: 3 · TOPICS: De Léry. History of a Voyage. · READINGS: Ch. I-II, IV-VI, XIII
- SES #: 4 · TOPICS: De Léry. History of a Voyage. · READINGS: Ch. XIV-XX, XXII
- SES #: 5 · TOPICS: Jesuit Relations. · READINGS: Pp. 20-36, 48-75, 78-91
- SES #: 6 · TOPICS: Jesuit Relations. · READINGS: Pp. 94-106, 137-85
- SES #: 9 · TOPICS: “The Strachey Letter” (Orgel, Appendix B). Tempest. · READINGS: Act I sc. i
- SES #: 10 · TOPICS: Shakespeare. The Tempest. · READINGS: I. ii-II i
- SES #: 11 · TOPICS: Shakespeare. The Tempest. · READINGS: II. ii-III iii
- SES #: 12 · TOPICS: Shakespeare. The Tempest. · READINGS: IV i-end
- SES #: 18 · TOPICS: Rowlandson. Sovereignty. · READINGS: Pp. 87-112
- SES #: 19 · TOPICS: Jemison. Narrative. Preface and Introduction. · READINGS: Ch. I-VII
- SES #: 20 · TOPICS: Jemison. Narrative. · READINGS: Ch. VII-XVI.
- SES #: 22 · TOPICS: Defoe. Crusoe . · READINGS: Pp. 1-71
- SES #: 23 · TOPICS: Defoe. Crusoe . · READINGS: Pp. 71-140
- SES #: 24 · TOPICS: Defoe. Crusoe . · READINGS: Pp. 141-208
- SES #: 25 · TOPICS: Coetzee. Foe. · READINGS: Parts I-II (Pp. 1-113)
- SES #: 26 · TOPICS: Coetzee. Foe. · READINGS: Parts III-IV (Pp. 114-157)
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.