Course details

Name: ENGL - 247

Title: THE AUGUSTAN AGE The Literature and Culture of the Restoration and Early 18th Centruy

Section: 01

Semester: Fall - 2010

Credits: 3

Description:
This course explores the witty, satirical, inventive, elegant, and sometimes bawdy literature of the Restoration and the early 18th century (1660-1745). We will read poetry and drama, as well as examples of the period’s increasingly popular prose forms: the periodical essay, the short prose narrative, and the early novel. We will examine how writers use techniques like humor and satire as they grapple with and critique aspects of contemporary politics, the growing consumer culture, and changing notions of gender and class. Authors include canonical and non-canonical figures such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Anne Finch, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Mary Leapor, Eliza Haywood, and Stephen Duck. Course requirements include a midterm, final, two short papers, and some informal writing.

Schedule: Tuesday,Thursday From 1:00 pm To 2:15 pm

Graduation requirements:

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• Genre Study (Poetry)
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Teaching Faculty: Keohane Catherine (keohanec)

Is course canceled: No