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The course is an introduction to British literature written during the 1790s, focusing on reading literary texts in historical context. Our narrow time-frame will allow us to build a rich understanding of conversations carried out in literature among writers and between writers and their historical moment. We will address several main themes: (1) literary responses to the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars; (2) individualism and interiority; (3) the "rise of the novel"; (4) Romanticism (including issues such as the relation between nature and the imagination; formal innovation; the self, emotion, memory, and lyric poetry; and political literature); and (5) political economy, culture, and society. Our central course materials are literary texts--novels, poetry, drama, and aesthetic theory. In relation to these texts, we will also examine paintings and political and philosophical writings from the period.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Grading Mode: Graded
Prerequisites: ENGL201 Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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