The place that would eventually become the United States was occupied by a remarkable range of selves: Puritan prisoner of war Mary Rowlandson; activist Mohegan minister Samson Occom; condemned criminals Esther Rogers and Joseph Hanno; formerly enslaved abolitionist slave Olaudah Equiano; and revolutionary printer Benjamin Franklin. This course considers not only a rich variety of selves, but the remarkable range of genres that emerged to document those selves, from the spiritual "confessions" of everyday Puritans seeking church membership, to Indian captivity narratives, to gallows literature and the slave narrative.
4
UnitsOptional
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNone
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeShe will treat you like an english major. So do the readings, contribute to discussions, and start those papers EARLY. Her feedback is great, but you have to earn the grade. Tests are either shockingly easy if you memorize the right things (done in 10 mins), or IMPOSSIBLE if you don't. Very, very difficult class, but you can learn a lot from her.
Easily the worst class I have taken at my time at UCSB. The tests were unnecessarily hard and based on books that we were supposed to memorize. This class was absolutely not worth the time or effort and there was no support from the teacher. Do not take her classes.
Lots of reading, impossible to review for tests, interesting content if you are into that kind of thing, overhated professor but still difficult to understand
I honestly am livid that i got a B+ in the class because the class was easy; readings are dense and making yourself a study guide is important, but it's not hard. I got A's on both tests but failed the essay for despite following my TAs advice. DeLombard can be super condescending and I honestly struggled to stay awake. beware your TA
Very condescending teaching style. Didn't give much info about how the tests would be formatted so you were walking in blind. You're gonna need study sessions to figure out what the readings even meant. She uses old texts that have difficult language, I could never get through a whole reading because of how dense and hard to understand they were.
Intro to Legal humanities was a very unenjoyable class as it focused on very outdated philosophy of law. A few of the guest lectures were interesting however the subject matter of her lectures were uninspiring. My attempts to contact the professor were almost completely ignored and ultimately, the personal contact with her was disheartening.