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The Political Novel, 1700-1900
HIST294 SP
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century attitudes toward politics, economics, society and history will be examined from novels that directly criticize an existing society or that present an alternative, sometimes fantastic,
reality.
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
Three papers.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
One novel will be read each week. All students NOT in COL must take this course for a letter grade.
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:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Miller,Cecilia
- Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK411
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)
- SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5
- SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: 3 FR: 2
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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