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Class number:
3324
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Title: Reason & Feeling: Rev in Lit |
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Department: English |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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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: 10 |
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Available seats: 5 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM, 115V - 103 |
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Instructor(s): Benedict, Barbara |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in English 260 or ENGL 160. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
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Note: For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written between 1700-1900. |
Course Description:
Where did the novel come from, and why did it appear? Why did self-discovery and rebellion become key topics in literature? What happens to literature when society pits feeling against reason, and new classes of people-women, middle-class writers, laborers and enslaved people-start writing and reading? In this course, we will examine the way the British poets, playwrights, journalists and fiction writers from the Restoration (1660) to the Regency (1820) re-made outdated literary forms into fresh genres to express new perceptions of identity, sexuality, society, justice, feeling, art and nature, and how a literature of revolution arose. We will also conduct original research in the database ECCO and at the Watkinson Library. |
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Course Syllabus:
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