Approaches to teaching George Sand's Indiana / edited by David A. Powell and Pratima Prasad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Powell, David A., editor.

Prasad, Pratima, 1969- editor.

Series:

Approaches to teaching world literature ; 137.

Approaches to teaching world literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sand, George, 1804-1876. Indiana.

Sand, George.

Sand, George, 1804-1876--Study and teaching.

Sand, George, 1804-1876.

Physical Description:

viii, 219 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Modern Language Association of America, 2016.

Summary:

Indiana, George Sand's first solo novel, opens with the eponymous heroine brooding and bored in her husband's French countryside estate, far from her native Ile Bourbon (now Réunion). Written in 1832, the novel appeared during a period of French history marked by revolution and regime change, civil unrest and labor concerns, and slave revolts and the abolitionist movement, when women faced rigid social constraints and had limited rights within the institution of marriage. With this politically charged history serving as a backdrop for the novel, Sand brings together Romanticism, realism, and the idealism that would characterize her work, presenting what was deemed by her contemporaries a faithful and candid representation of nineteenth-century France. This volume gathers pedagogical essays that will enhance the teaching of Indiana and contribute to students' understanding and appreciation of the novel. The first part gives an overview of editions and translations of the novel and recommends useful background readings. Contributors to the second part present various approaches to the novel, focusing on four themes: modes of literary narration, gender and feminism, slavery and colonialism, and historical and political upheaval. Each essay offers a fresh perspective on Indiana, suited not only to courses on French Romanticism and realism but also to interdisciplinary discussions of French colonial history or law. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Materials

Editions and Translations of Indiana 3

French Editions

English Translations

Note on Bibliographic Notations in the Volume

Background Readings 4

French History

Literary History

Colonial History

Biographies 7

Studies of Indiana 8

Part 2 Approaches

Introduction 13

History and Geography

Teaching Historical Myth and Memory in Indiana / Lauren Pinzka Pinzka, Lauren 18

Creole Emancipation: Indiana and French Colonial Slavery / Carolyn Vellenga Berman Berman, Carolyn Vellenga 26

Wandering in the Text: Spatial Approaches to Teaching Indiana / Patrick M. Bray Bray, Patrick M. 34

Teaching the Geography of lie Bourbon in Colonial Context / Margaret E. McCalley McCalley, Margaret E. 40

Contextual Layers: Teaching the Historicity of Sands Indiana (1832) / James Smith Allen Allen, James Smith 47

Owning People; Human Property in Indiana / Peter Dayan Dayan, Peter 54

Race, Femininity, and Masculinity

Reading Race in Indiana / Doris Kadish Kadish, Doris 63

Teaching Race, Class, and Slavery in Indiana / Véronique Machelidon Machelidon, Véronique 72

Subversion of a Stereotype: The Tragic Mulatta in Indiana / Molly Krueger Enz Enz, Molly Krueger 81

Indiana Debutante / Isabelle Hoog Naginski Naginski, Isabelle Hoog 90

Indiana between Men: Narration and Desire in George Sands Novel / Aimée Boutin Boutin, Aimée 102

One or Several Ralphs: Multiplicity and Masculinity in Indiana / Charles J. Stivale Stivale, Charles J. 109

Masculinity and the Peformance of Narrative Authority / Nigel Harkness Harkness, Nigel 118

Comparative Perspectives

Indiana and the Literary Island: Enlightenment Ideals, Nineteenth-Century Ironies / Kathrine Bonin Bonin, Kathrine 127

Codes Visible and Invisible: A Law and Literature Approach to Indiana / Lynn Penrod Penrod, Lynn 135

Teaching Indiana in English / Françoise Massardier-Kenney Massardier-Kenney, Françoise 144

Literary Contests

Character Study: The Art of the Literary Portrait in Indiana / Christopher Bains Bains, Christopher 158

The Melodramatic World of Indiana / John T. Booker Booker, John T. 168

Performing Sandy's Pedagogical Project in Indiana / Shira Malkin Malkin, Shira 177

Romantic Realism in Indiana / Allan H. Pasco Pasco, Allan H. 185

Ending with Indiana: Romance, Piomanticisim the Novel / Margaret Waller Waller, Margaret 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781603292092

1603292098

9781603292108

1603292101

OCLC:

916684834