English 465C: The Empire Writes Back

"America" (c. 1600); engraving by Jan van der Straet (British Museum)

In Colonial Encounters (Methuen, 1986), Peter Hulme comments: "In line with existing European graphic convention the 'new' continent was often allegorized as a woman and surrounded with the paraphernalia seen as typically American: parrots, tapirs, bows and arrows, and cannibal feasts. The sexual dimension of the encounter with Vespucci is both visually and linguistically explicit."

For more on this engraving, see "Ideology of Discovery" in the Art History pages of Prof. Allen Farber (SUNY-Oneonta).

English 465C: "The Empire Writes Back": Reading Postcolonial Literatures With and Against the Canon
	Syllabus Reserve Reading and Internet Resources by, about, and related to material we're studying (e-mail me if you've forgotten the password) General Reference Materials: Internet Resources on colonialism, imperialism, and postcolonialism The Group Teaching Project ("Class Takeovers") E-mail the class listserv Information on HSU Webmail and on activating your e-mail account Discussion Forums (you'll be required to log in to Blackboard in order to gain access to these forums) That loquacious handout I promised on "Reading Riffs" Introduction to Blackboard	"America" (c. 1600); engraving by Jan van der Straet (British Museum) In Colonial Encounters (Methuen, 1986), Peter Hulme comments: "In line with existing European graphic convention the 'new' continent was often allegorized as a woman and surrounded with the paraphernalia seen as typically American: parrots, tapirs, bows and arrows, and cannibal feasts. The sexual dimension of the encounter with Vespucci is both visually and linguistically explicit." For more on this engraving, see "Ideology of Discovery" in the Art History pages of Prof. Allen Farber (SUNY-Oneonta).
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