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Major American Writers I

Major American Writers I. Introduction Professor Engber. How to begin?. Surprise your students. Take them seriously. Listen. Be Kind. How do you see America?. Thomas Hariot "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia." Frankfort: Theodore De Bry (1590 ).

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Major American Writers I

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  1. Major American Writers I Introduction Professor Engber

  2. How to begin? • Surprise your students. • Take them seriously. • Listen. • Be Kind.

  3. How do you see America?

  4. Thomas Hariot "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia." Frankfort: Theodore De Bry (1590) John White "Indian Man and Woman Eating" Watercolor drawing (created 1585-1586).

  5. “On Being Brought from Africa to America” 'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.5 Some view our sable race with scornful eye, "Their colour is a diabolic die." Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain, May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train. http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Wheatley/brought.html

  6. Meeting Goals, Setting Expectations • Things I usually do first: • Tell students what to call me. • Pose a question. • Some things I usually don't do: • I often don't take attendance or hand out the syllabus first. (I hand it out near the end of the first class, and I post it to Blackboard.) • And I sometimes don't begin with a literary text.

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