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Sophomore Seminar: The Political Novel, 1700-1900 HIST266 SP

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times	POI	Prereq
1	15	8	Times: ...T... 1:10PM-4:00PM;	No	No

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999 )

Eighteenth- and 19th-century attitudes toward politics, economics, society, and history will be examined from novels that directly critique an existing society, as well as from those that present an alternative, sometimes fantastic, reality. All students not in COL must take this course for a letter grade.

MAJOR READINGS

Defoe, ROBINSON CRUSOE
Swift, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Montesquieu, PERSIAN LETTERS
Voltaire, CANDIDE
Godwin, CALEB WILLIAMS
Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN
Dickens, BARNABY RUDGE
Manzoni, THE BETROTHED
Edward Bellamy, LOOKING BACKWARD
Harriet Beecher Stowe, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
Nietzsche, THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA
and additional readings to be announced.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Reading notes on each novel and three papers.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

One novel will be read each week. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Miller, C; Times: ...T... 1:10PM- 4:00PM;; Grading Mode: Mixed; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 1, Fr: 0; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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