Margaret Strobel and Nupur Chaudhuri, eds., Western Women and Imperialism. Susan Zantop, Colonial Fantasies. Additional readings available on library reserve. This seminar consists primarily of discussions of the required readings and independent research. Students are required to participate in seminar and listserv discussions.
Readings are due on the date listed on the course calendar.
Preparation for discussion of readings and attendance are mandatory. Students who are unprepared will be asked to excuse themselves for the remainder of the class meeting and will be marked absent. There may be one or more unannounced quizzes. Students may choose any two of the three assigned literary works to examine. Papers on the Seacole memoir are due week 7, the Schreiner novel week 10, and the Forster novel week 14.