Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introductions  
2 Montaigne. "Of the Cannibals." In Orgel, Tempest.  
3 De Léry. History of a Voyage.  
4 De Léry. History of a Voyage.  
5 Jesuit Relations.  
6 Jesuit Relations.  
7 Screening  
8 Movie: How Tasty was my little Frenchman... Essay 1 due (5 pages)
9 "The Strachey Letter" (Orgel, Appendix B). Tempest.  
10 Shakespeare. The Tempest.  
11 Shakespeare. The Tempest.  
12 Shakespeare. The Tempest. Revisions of Essay 1 due
13 Smith. Generall Historie.  
14 Smith. Generall Historie.  
15 Screening  
16 Movie: Pocahontas. John Rolfe's Letter (See "Backgrounds.") Essay 2 due (5 pages)
17 Rowlandson. Sovereignty.  
18 Rowlandson. Sovereignty.  
19 Jemison. Narrative. Preface and Introduction.  
20 Jemison. Narrative.  
21 Paper Workshop Essay 3 due (5 pages)
22 Defoe. Crusoe.  
23 Defoe. Crusoe.  
24 Defoe. Crusoe.  
25 Coetzee. Foe.  
26 Coetzee. Foe.  
27 Walcott, "The Castaway," "Crusoe's Island," "Crusoe's Journal."  
28 Paper Writing  
29 Walcott, "Ruins of a Great House," "New World," "The Sea is History." Essay 4 due (6-8 pages)