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LITERATURE

LIT-637

Advanced Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature (3)

Course Level: Graduate

Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. In seventeenth and eighteenth century Britain new literary forms, such as the novel and the autobiography, responded to the far-reaching changes in philosophy, politics, and religion of the Restoration and Enlightenment. Rotating topics include Milton, Restoration drama, and the rise of the British novel, with emphasis on research. Meets with LIT-437. Usually offered every year.

LIT-637

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LITERATURE

SPRING 2013

Course Level: Graduate

Advanced Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature (3)

Austen and Burney

This course explores the works of Jane Austen and Frances 'Fanny' Burney in the literary and cultural context of the long eighteenth century. The class undertakes close readings of works including Burney's life-writings and novels Evelina, and Cecilia; and Austen's Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and the unfinished Sanditon. Considering these works alongside the writings of Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, conduct book moralists, eighteenth-century visual culture, Austen paratexts Bridget Jones's Diary and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and a variety of secondary scholarship, students explore issues including gender and sexuality; the public and private spheres; the genre and status of the novel; empire, war, and slavery; and stability and social change. Meets with LIT-437 001.