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The Topic
In our discussion of
Freeman’s Affairs of Honor, several
of you pointe
The Topic
In our discussion of
Freeman’s Affairs of Honor, several
of you pointed out, quite astutely, that Freeman does not consider how race and
gender influenced honor culture in early republican politics. In Leonora Sansay’s novel Secret History, however, race, gender,
and aspects of honor culture do influence the politics of the republican
experiment in revolutionary Saint-Domingue.
This begs the question that is the subject for this essay: How might Sansay’s depiction help to
reformulate Freeman’s idea of honor culture in the United States?
Essay Requirements
Your consideration of this
question should include two components.
1)
Focus on the
intersection between EITHER race and
honor OR gender and honor, as
Sansay presents it in Saint-Domingue. Draw
on relevant examples from the text that show the political ramifications of
either pairing. (The introduction should argue, in its thesis, what exactly
those political ramifications are.)
2)
Suggest, in a
thoughtful and somewhat extended conclusion, how Sansay’s appraisal of
Saint-Domingue might be useful for rethinking honor culture in the early U.S.
republican politics. After all, Sansay
was an American, and Secret History
uses Saint-Domingue as a foil to examine key issues in the early U.S. republic.
What might we learn if we introduced
either race or gender into our assessments of honor culture in the 1790s United
States? (I anticipate that this will be
somewhat speculative, but it should be informed by your understanding of
Freeman, Sansay, and course material more generally.)
Each essay should be 5 pages
in length, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. (This page limit is firm: you
can spill over into six pages, but I will not read anything beyond that.) Number your pages. The essay title should reflect the
thesis/argument of its author. Citations from the texts can be indicated at the
end of a sentence in the following manner: (author, page).
Essays will be graded on how
well they address the two components listed above as well as the quality and clarity
of the prose.
I encourage you to make an
appointment as you are drafting your essay.
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