Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. With a 2019 population of 753,675, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 3.98 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States.
Tampa is a city in Florida located on Tampa Bay on the western side of the Florida peninsula. Fort Brooke was established in 1824 shortly after the United States acquired Florida from Spain. The city was a frontier outpost for a long time. Tampa has long been influenced by the large Cuban population in the area and the many cigar factories, many of which were located in famed Ybor City.
A map showing where our workshop participants are currently located.
This course focuses on three spatial contexts closely associated with British culture: the home, the city (London, in particular), and the empire. Together, we will consider how literary representations of these overlapping spatial scales contribute to shifting conceptions of British identity, as well as intersect with the construction of gender, class, and race. We will use this map in conjunction with our timelime to make explore the relationship between space, literature, and identity.
We'll use this timeline to plot the relationship between our course texts and historical events. At three different points during the semester (after each of our major units: Romantics, Victorians, and Moderns), you'll be asked to contribute an event to this timeline. Your contribution should provide a brief overview of a significant and interesting cultural or political event, as well as a brief reflection that connects that event to our course themes and texts.
