Inventing America: The Writings of the Colonies and Early Republic

7.5 credits

Course, Master's level, 5EN522

Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English

Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English For exchange students

Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English

Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English For exchange students

About the course

This course explores the literary traditions that come out of the European conquest of North America: the literature of exploration; Puritan writing; captivity narratives; Native American oral traditions; Enlightenment debates and satire; and early republican fiction up until the 1830s. These cultural expressions are mined for what they reveal about issues of violence, conquest, religion, race, and nationhood.

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