English 4371: Cultural Encounters

Householder, fall 2005

10/06/05: Representing Native America

 

 

Submitting essay #1 

 

    1. Writer’s reflection: With what one aspect of your essay (product OR process) are you most satisfied?  Why do you think you did so well in this area?  What one aspect would you like to improve?  How do you plan to go about it?

 

b. Essay packet, ordered so that the most recent items are on top:

 

Left-hand pocket

Right-hand pocket
  • Writer’s reflection (top)
  • Final draft (stapled, numbered, proofed)
  • Rubric

 
  • Most recent revisions
  • Revision strategy statements
  • Working drafts w/ comments
  • Early ideas drafts

 

 

 

  1. The True Pictures and Fashions of the People in that Parte of America Now Called Virginia.

 

 

    1. The overall logic of the gallery. 

 

 

 

    1. The tone of the captions.  

 

 

 

    1. The tone of the images

 

 

                                                              i.      The frontispiece

 

 

 

 

 

                                                            ii.      Aristocratic postures:  Plate 3.  “A weroan or great Lorde of Virginia.”  (Right: Portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh and son Wat) 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                          iii.      Plate 16.  “Their sitting at meate”

 

 

 

 

  1. A comparison of the de Bry engravings to the watercolor sketches of John White.  Side-by-side comparisons available at the Virtual Jamestown site: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/images/white_debry_html/jamestown.html

 

 

    1. Plate 20.  “The Towne of Secota” 

 

 

 

 

    1. Plate 7.  “A chief Lorde of Roanoc”

 

 

 

 

    1. Plate 6.  “A younge gentill woeman doughter of Secota” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conclusion: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next time: Write a 1-2 page analysis of any of the visual material from (or related to) Harriot’s A Briefe and True Report.  Avoid repeating what has already been said in class or simply regurgitating what you read in other sources (although you should feel free to apply such material in new and interesting ways).

 

We meet next Thursday, after fall break, at which time we will have our midterm examination (five or so quotation identifications, one essay).  In addition to reviewing in preparation for the exam, you might wisely spend some time looking ahead in anticipation of the research paper.