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Academic Year 2003/2004
The Novel and Portraiture
ENGL 346 SP
Can a person be preserved in the form of a novel? Do you treat a novel as you would a human being? We'll look at novels conceived as portraits, novels about portrait-painting, as well as novels that depict other
techniques
for making human images---dolls, pets, zombies, etc. We will also pay some attention to conventions for representing human beings in other media, such as caricature, design, and painting.
MAJOR READINGS
Readings will include texts by Behn, Defoe, Hogarth, Richardson, Burney, Walpole, Sterne, Radcliffe, Austen, James, and others.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three papers (5-8pp.); take-home final.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course meets the department's pre-1800 requirement.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Kunin,Aaron B.
- Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK302
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 35)
- SR. major: 10 Jr. major: 10
- SR. non-major: 7 Jr. non-major: 5 SO: 3 FR: 0
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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