Empire, Literature and the Map of the Modern World Instructor: Kevin Donnelly, Spanish and Portuguese This course will explore the relationship between colonial political structures and the production of literature during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteen centuries. The approach will be interdisciplinary, examining European (British, French, Spanish) expansion and its effect on migration and the geo-political map as well as the particular types of narrative themes that arise under these conditions. We will read texts from canonical authors of colonizing nations, such as Miguel de Cervantes and Jane Austen, and interrogate the ways in which these authors relate to their countries’ imperialist projects. We will also read texts produced by colonial subjects of these three empires. Meets: MTWTh 10:00-12:20
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