| Description |
This seminar undertakes a close reading of <u>Moby-Dick</u> (1851), often acclaimed as the greatest American novel. Why was this story of a tragic sea voyage so neglected in its day, and so celebrated by later generations? To explore its twin lines of action--Ahab's drive to kill a white whale versus Ishmael's quest to know it--we use the methods of history, literature, art, religion, economics, philosophy, and ecology. Of special interest are the ways Melville anticipates recent environmental thought, depicts a globalized culture, and dramatizes the national struggle to reconcile faith and fact, race and justice. |
| Prerequisites |
Applications are available outside the American Studies Program office, 42 McCosh Hall, and on the AMS website: http://www.princeton.edu/ams/undergraduate_program/seminars_1/ Preference will be for students enrolled in the American Studies certificate program, but students from all departments are welcome to apply. APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO: 12:00 NOON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9. |