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Dec 21, 2024
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ENGL 144 SC - Melville & Douglass
This course will focus on an in-depth reading of two major nineteenth-century American writers: Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville. We will explore their writing in relation to the rapidly changing social and political world of the antebellum United States, including the struggle over slavery, the rise of the popular press, the emergence of modern social movements, and the expansion of American empire. We will pay particular attention to these writers’ engagement with different understandings of American democracy. The course will also include readings from other antebellum writers with whom Douglass and Melville were in conversation.
[formerly ENGL164 SC]
Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Every third year
Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
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