[ Wesleyan Home Page ] [ WesMaps Home Page ] [ WesMaps Archive ] [ Course Search ] [ Course Search by CID ]
Academic Year 2004/2005

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 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

Contact wesmaps@wesleyan.edu to submit comments or suggestions. Please include a url, course title, faculty name or other page reference in your email

Copyright Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 06459