ENGL-22043 or 6 credit hours

Eighteenth-Century Studies

English · 3 hrs Lecture

Offered: Every Second Year

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ENGL-2204 prerequisites

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6 credits of First-Year English

including ENGL-1001

ENGL-1000English 1A

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Description

This course examines Restoration and eighteenth-century British literature, with a consistent attempt to contextualize it within contemporary political, economic, social, and intellectual life. Relevant contexts include the appearance and development of party-system politics; the growth of commercial capitalism, urbanization, and sociability; ongoing debates over the status of women, religious minorities, colonial rule, and the institution of slavery; and the impact on literary culture of an emergent mass reading public. In response to continuing challenges to the established canon of Restoration and eighteenth-century literature, the course may include works once considered representative, as well as works by lesser known writers.

Requisite courses

6 credits of First-Year English, including ENGL-1001(6) or ENGL-1000(3) [prerequisite(s)].

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