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Lecture
19th Century Life Writing
Lea Espinoza Garrido
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This seminar examines the genre of life writing in 19th-century America, including autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, and other life narratives. We will consider how writers used these different forms not only to fashion (them)selves but to negotiate questions of identity, authorship, and community in the context of slavery, war, gender relations, Native displacement, religious reform, and nation-building. Alongside a range of primary sources, students will engage with key scholarship in life writing studies to explore how these seemingly personal stories both reflected and shaped larger cultural, historical, and political transformations in the 19th century and its afterlives.
If you want to participate and receive credits for this seminar, please take note of the following conditions for participation: 1. Register on Blackboard for this class – this is where you will find further information as well as reading material. 2. The shopping period is limited to week one, and you must commit to the class by our second meeting.
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16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2025-10-14 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2025-10-21 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2025-10-28 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2025-11-04 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2025-11-11 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2025-11-18 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2025-11-25 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2025-12-02 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2025-12-09 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2025-12-16 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2026-01-06 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2026-01-13 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2026-01-20 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2026-01-27 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2026-02-03 16:00 - 18:00
Tue, 2026-02-10 16:00 - 18:00