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Class number:
3091
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Title: Curiosity and Literature |
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Department: English |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
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Current enrollment: 13 |
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Available seats: 2 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, 115V - 106 |
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Instructor(s): Benedict, Barbara |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
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Note: For majors enrolled before December 2023, this course fulfills the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written between 1700-1900. For majors enrolled after January 2024, this course fulfills the pre-1800 requirement or may be an elective/additional literature or film course. |
Course Description:
This course will examine the way curiosity transformed literature and culture in the age of inquiry, when Peeping Tom was invented, modern science was institutionalized, and the detective novel was born. We will read texts that explore both approved and unapproved kinds, such as witchcraft, voyeurism, and the exhibition of monsters. Texts will include drama, journalism, poetry, satire, and novels by Behn, Defoe, Johnson, and others. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written from 1700-1900. It is a "research-intensive seminar." Not open to first-year students. |