After Columbus

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)