Political Fiction
HIST 294
Fall 2006 not offered
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Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century 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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Essential Capabilities:
Speaking, Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HIST-MN)(HIST) |
Major Readings:
Cervantes, DON QUIXOTE
Grimmelshausen, SIMPLICISSIMUS
Bunyan, PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Defoe, ROBINSON CRUSOE
Swift, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Montesquieu, PERSIAN LETTERS
Voltaire, CANDIDE
Godwin, CALEB WILLIAMS
Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN
Dickens, BARNABY RUDGE
Manzoni, THE BETROTHED
Nietzsche, THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA
Edward Bellamy, LOOKING BACKWARD
Harriet Beecher Stowe, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
and additional readings to be announced.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Reading notes and three papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
At least one work will be read each week. All students NOT in COL must take this course for a letter grade. |
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