Early Colonial American

 ENGL 2327: WRITING ASSIGNMENT: PORTRAIT OF NATIVE PEOPLES (Use only primary sources – that means use only the readings assigned in this class) This essay serves as a kind of wrap-up to our foray into Early Colonial American Literature before we delve into writings from the 17th and 18th Century. Question: How do the first-hand […]

ENGL 2327: Early Colonial American Literature

  ENGL 2327: WRITING ASSIGNMENT: PORTRAIT OF NATIVE PEOPLES (Use only primary sources – that means use only the readings assigned in this class) This essay serves as a kind of wrap-up to our foray into Early Colonial American Literature before we delve into writings from the 17th and 18th Century. Question: How do the […]

2/12 ARQ – Ngai (Part 2/Chapter 3 – Colonial Subject etc)

Read part 2 of chapter 3, and answer the question below. The book: Ngai, Mae. 2004. Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making ofAmerica(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press) (Ngai) 1. What are (1a) the main idea/thesis of the article and (1b) the conclusions (1b)? — this is Chapter 2 of the ARQ book (under Files/Book) […]