Development of the Novel

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This course studies the origin and development of the novel from the beginnings of the British novel in the eighteenth century to the present, across a variety of regions and time periods. Emphasis may be placed on social and historical conditions giving rise to the novel’s emergence, the evolution of literary genres (e.g., gothic, epistolary, adventure, detective mystery), or the treatment of themes influenced by emerging critical approaches (e.g., naturalism, modernism, postmodernism).