The Novel

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GE-Human Culture: Literature Novels may be the most popular-and are certainly the most prestigious-form of literary writing today. It may come as a surprise to learn, then, that a few hundred years ago, the novel was perceived as a rather disreputable literary form produced primarily by hack writers, people of questionable moral integrity, and-shockingly-women. Moreover, for all their popularity and outsized cultural presence, trying to define what exactly a novel is turns out to be surprisingly difficult. In this course, we will read influential novels from the historical periods of its rise and development-novels that have given definition to this rather indefinable of literary forms, and which have raised its literary reputability (if not necessarily its moral reputability). Prerequisite: ENGL 17000 with a C or better. Share this Page Facebook this Page (opens a new window) Tweet this Page (opens a new window) Print (opens a new window) Help (opens a new window)