ENGL 576: Native America
Professor: Dr. Jesslyn Collins-Frohlich
Location: CofC
Time: Wednesday 6:00 – 8:45
Using Charleston as a geographical and cultural touchstone, this course draws upon a vast body of novels, poetry, political speeches, and other public documents as well as critical theory written by both native and non-native writers and public figures to move nineteenth century interactions with Native American from the periphery to the center of historical narratives about the formation of the culture and idea of “America.”
We will investigate the literary and public discourse surrounding issues such as: Indian Removal, the establishment of the reservation system and Indian boarding schools, American Spiritualism, and even popular notions of the American West. Such explorations allow us to trace the development of American identities alongside Native ones and ask how the intersections of these identities worked to create something new and uniquely American that still reverberates today.
Counts toward Literature after 1800 / Elective
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