Bruce A. Harvey, Associate
Professor of English
Polynesia: Fiction, Film, and Culture
COURSE HANDOUTS
Review Sheet for Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality
Undergraduate Paper Instructions
Review Sheet for Typee (and related writing tips)
Review Sheet for Sahlins's How Natives Think
Review Sheet for Nicholas Thomas's Oceanic Art
LINKS FOLLOW SYLLABUS SEQUENCE (MOST RELEVANT ARE INDICATED VIA ***)
INTRODUCTION
CONTACT ZONES & CONFLICTS IN THE ISLANDS OF POLYNESIA
POLYNESIA AND ENLIGHTENMENT/ROMANTIC IDEALS OF NATURAL LAW
TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN & MAORIAN CULTURE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIONS OF POLYNESIA
HAWAIIAN & MAORIAN CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION & FILM