Political Fiction
HIST 294
Fall 2019
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Attitudes toward politics, economics, society, and history will be examined from works of fiction that directly criticize an existing society or that present an alternative, sometimes fantastic, reality. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Cervantes, THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE, J. M. Cohen, tr. (Penguin).
Grimmelshausen, SIMPLICISSIMUS, Mike Mitchell, tr., ed. (Dedalus European Classics).
Grimmelshausen, THE CONTINUATION OF SIMPLICISSIMUS, Mike Mitchell, tr., ed. (Dedalus European Classics).
Grimmelshausen, COURAGE, Mike Mitchell, tr., ed. (Dedalus European Classics).
Grimmelshausen, TEARAWAY, Mike Mitchell, tr., ed. (Dedalus European Classics).
Swift, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, Claude Rawson and Ian Higgins, eds. (Oxford World's Classics).
CANDIDE, John Butt, tr. (Penguin).
Manzoni, THE BETROTHED, Bruce Penman, tr., ed. ( Penguin,).
Cecilia Miller, ENLIGHTENMENT AND POLITICAL FICTION: THE EVERYDAY INTELLECTUAL (Routledge).
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Examinations and Assignments:
Quizzes, Weekly 2-page papers, and three 5-page papers. |
| Instructor(s): Miller,Cecilia Times: .....F. 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: PAC421; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 23 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 4 | FR: 4 |
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