Restoration & 18th Century Literature

Catalog description

A survey of the principal genres and major authors of literature written between 1660 and 1800. The course may emphasize a certain genre such as the novel or satire, or an individual author such as Jonathan Swift, Aphra Behn, Samuel Johnson, Henry Fielding, or Fanny Burney. Special attention to the contextual relationship of literature and the thought and culture of the period. Graduate students must present an oral report on an assigned work of literary (or dramatic) criticism and must additionally write a substantial research paper with full scholarly apparatus. Prerequisite for EN 672 : admission to MLS program or consent.