THE RISE OF THE BRITISH NOVEL

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Prerequisite: LITT 1101 and LITT 2123.Writing course (W1).This is an 18th-century course.Reading of early British novels, beginning with Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders through Sterne's Tristram Shandy. We will examine how, why, and for whom the novel as a form of literature began and trace its early development in Britain. A series of papers will be required.Faculty: G. T. LENARD