Alfred A, Knopf. The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. Knopf Random House, 1990. Anthology of course readings. Available for photocopying from each of the course instructors and at the Consortium office.
Course assignments Regular participation in the seminar is required.
If you must be absent, please contact one of the professors or the Consortium office. The focus of this piece of writing will be deliberately left open, but it is important to keep in mind that this is a public presentation, which will be shared with the instructors and with other members of the class. The distinction between journal or diary writing, which is intended for personal expression, and public autobiography, in which the writer constructs the meaning of her life for an audience, will be made here. This is a point we will return to throughout the course, but it is also meant to protect the rights of confidentiality of students. Oral history interview.