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HIST 3416 is also offered in Fall 2021
HIST 3416 is also offered in Summer 2021
Fall 2020 | HIST 3416 Section 001: Imperialism and its Critics: Ethical Issues, Literary Representations (33578)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (35 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Significant episodes of several imperial nations to underscore themes of ethics/literature.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
- During the course of the semester this course will seek to answer the following questions: What ethical discourses form part of imperialist ideology? What ethical discourses form part of anti-imperialist activity? How successful is each group in subverting the ethical messages of the other? What role does literature play in promoting or subverting the ideologies and ethical issues related to imperialism and anti-imperialism? By examining different genres (novels, poems, memoirs, letters and orations) the class will explore the discursive power of literature and the ways in which it influenced or was influenced by social and political discourses and practices. It will explore how these different forms of communication served different personal, political, social and cultural agendas without forgetting their collective relevance. The focus on ethics will help to highlight the ambiguities and distortions that occur between ethical discourses and political, social and cultural practices. The concentration on different genres of literature will help students to understand that the boundaries between fiction and reality are often as blurred in memoirs and letters as they are in novels and poetry. The course is not about the imperialism as practiced by one particular power; nor is the approach strictly chronological. Rather it uses different episodes in the imperialist trajectory of a number of imperial nations to underscore themes that are relevant to the understanding of the ethical issues and literary representations connected to imperialism.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students interested in the history of Western imperialism and its critics.
- Class Format:
- On line
- Workload:
- You will be required to do the weekly reading to participate in weekly discussions, as well as write the required papers.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33578/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 July 2020
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