Restoration and Eighteenth-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 Berney. 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 write a research paper of the 15-20 pages with full scholarly apparatus. Prerequisites: Admission to the MLS program or consent.