The 1790s: British Literature and Culture
ENGL 226
Fall 2008
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01
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The course is an introduction to British literature written during the 1790s, focusing on reading literary texts in historical context. Our narrow time frame will allow us to build a rich understanding of conversations carried out in literature among writers and between writers and their historical moment. We will address several main themes: (1) literary responses to the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars; (2) individualism and interiority; (3) the "rise of the novel"; (4) romanticism (including issues such as the relation between nature and the imagination; formal innovation; the self, emotion, memory, and lyric poetry; and political literature); and (5) political economy, culture, and society. Our central course materials are literary texts--novels, poetry, and aesthetic theory. In relation to these texts, we will also examine paintings and political and philosophical writings from the period. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: ENGL201 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Jane Austen, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Smith, William Wordsworth.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short essays (4-5 p.), midterm and final exams. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course satisfies the English Department's Literary History II requirement for the major, and the Research Option requirement for senior thesis writers. Pre-requisite overrides will be granted to students with any 200-level English course. |
| Instructor(s): Weiner,Stephanie Kuduk Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: BTFDA414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: 17 | JR major: 16 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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