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CFP: Re-Presentations of Early America: Teaching with Texts, Films, and Images
| Location: | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2010-09-10 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-08-09 |
| Announcement ID: |
178033 |
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This roundtable will examine how we can most effectively teach texts, films, and images that depict early America but were created in later centuries. How can we help students understand such works as literary, historical, or artistic interpretations of key themes in early American life? How do we teach texts that blur lines between fiction and non-fiction? How do we teach students to analyze an artistic process that begins with historical research and reflection but ultimately leads the artist to re-present early America imaginatively or inaccurately? What, exactly, are we studying in our classrooms when we study re-presentations of early America? Presenters are encouraged to focus on specific works they have taught and should highlight pedagogical strategies and assignments that have worked well for them. Possible topics include texts such as Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore’s recent novel Blindspot, and the children’s classic Johnny Tremain; films such as Black Robe, The Patriot, and Amistad; historical documentaries; and images ranging from John Trumbull’s iconic but after-the-fact painting of the Second Continental Congress to contemporary political cartoons that allude to early American figures and events.
Please send 250-word abstracts to Darcy Fryer (drfryer@gmail.com) or Keat Murray (kemurr@ptd.net) by September 10.
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Darcy Fryer
Beardsley School
drfryer@gmail.com
Keat Murray
Swarthmore College
kemurr@ptd.net
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