EN 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Triangular Trade, Moodle, Mercantilism
20 Jan 2017
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Lecture #13 poety 3: (post)colonial// white man"s burden (kipling); a far cry (walcott); meeting the british (muldoon); to the welsh critic (subramaniam); Last semester: introduced, historized, and examined our key question: What is literature: introduced, historized, and examined four key genres: Literary non-fiction: introduced a range of key literary devices and theoretical approaches in reading literature. This semester: continue to question what is literature, build on historical understanding of the four genres, learn more literary devices and critical approaches, learn how to write a research essay (critical) Post renaissance european colonialism: 1600-1950"s, timeline. Age of discovery/ point of contact 1400"s 1600"s. Age of high imperialism (carving up the world) 1800"s 1950"s. Emergence of capitalist economic exchange (which used slavery for raw resources and production of goods for sale in europe the triangular trade) English literature became part of the imperial project. Think back to the zombie doctor riddle and our assumptions of power and who is represented.
