Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” and Speaking Against Fascism

Category: cherokee

Over the past year, I have tried, at various times, to watch Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940) because I kept seeing Chaplin’s famous speech from the end of the film. Every time I started the film, I couldn’t get past the first half hour, where Chaplin’s Jewish barber survives World War I and rescues Commander Schultz. I didn’t finish the movie until I reread Annette … Read More Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” and Speaking Against Fascism

September 23, 2025 + Annette Clapsaddle, cherokee, Even As We Breathe, nathaniel hawthorne

What Lies Buried Beneath Our Feet in Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s “Even As We Breathe”

by Matthew Teutsch

A few weeks ago, I reread Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s debut novel Even As I Breathe for class. When I initially read the novel back in 2023, I found it engaging and important, but I did not really get into it until about halfway through the novel when the various threads throughout the story started to come together. This time, though, the book grabbed mu attention and … Read More What Lies Buried Beneath Our Feet in Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle’s “Even As We Breathe”

March 19, 2020 + alabama, cary norton, cherokee, creek, hernando de soto, imagine wanting only this, jared ragland, kristen radtke, memory, photographs, where you come from is gone

The Foundations Under Our Feet

by Matthew Teutsch

Driving through the North Georgia mountains a few weeks ago, I kept passing abandoned wooden buildings. At one point, I passed a newer house with a brick chimney, which appeared to be part of a previous building, in the driveway. Rolling fields and distant mountains peaks stretched behind these structures. As I drove, I recalled Kristen Radtke’s Imagine Wanting Only This and the ways … Read More The Foundations Under Our Feet

August 17, 2017 + african american literature, alabama literature, american literature, archive, archives, cherokee, creek, early american literature, john horry dent, Literature, louisiana literature, mississippi literature, nathan whitefield, native american literature, Pedagogy, research, southern literature

Archive Project: Taking Students Out of the Classroom and Into History

by Matthew Teutsch

Note: You can view the projects at engl2250.wordpress.com. Over the past year, I have constructed various projects for my literature survey courses. Last fall, I had students define a term related to Early American literature and present what they learned. In the spring, I had students read a novel or play by an author we were looking at in the course and present information … Read More Archive Project: Taking Students Out of the Classroom and Into History

June 13, 2017 + african american literature, american literature, cherokee, daniel, early american literature, john marrant, john the baptist, Literature, native american literature, race, southern literature, Uncategorized

Preaching in the Wilderness: John Marrant and John the Baptist

by Matthew Teutsch

I enjoy teaching John Marrant’s A Narrative of the Lord’s Wonderful Dealing with John Marrant, A Black (1785) for various reasons, chief among them being that Marrant’s narrative destabilizes students’ perceptions about African Americans during the early years of the republic in similar ways that Sarah Kemble Knight does with women during the colonial period and William Apess does with Native Americans later in … Read More Preaching in the Wilderness: John Marrant and John the Baptist

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Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” and Speaking Against Fascism

Category: cherokee