ENG 329 RACE, NATION, EMPIRE 18TH CENT

Race, Nation, and Empire in the 18th Century. A study of the concepts of race, nation, and empire focusing on modern theoretical texts and eighteenth-century literature and history. We will investigate the power of these concepts and the role that literature and culture may play in their construction. Texts include novels, poetry, laws, and other historical documents from Great Britain, Ireland, North and South America, Haiti, Jamaica, and India.