ENGL 226 - Sympathy and Its Discontents

4 HU, WR
Second Semester. This course investigates the cultural history of sentimentalism, from the eighteenth century to the present. Our particular focus will be the concept of “sympathy,” which signifies the various ways in which an individual witnesses and affectively responds to the spectacle of human suffering. Readings will include the work of Shaftesbury, Mandeville, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Wordsworth, Mary Shelley, Dickens, Coetzee, and Sontag. British, 1700-1900 OR Post-1900 (not both).

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: See headnote above. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Mr. Kelleher

Credits: 4 hours