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Course Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ENGL 318 - History and Theory of the Novel


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, WINT

By marking the historical stages by which the novel developed from its beginnings as an “upstart” genre in the late seventeenth century to its modernist incarnations and post-modernist and post-colonial reconfigurations, this course will demonstrate how a genre develops in response to most prominent developments in literary history. This genre has helped shape modern consciousness: What distinguishes the novel from other literary forms, and why did this genre arise when it did? Under what grounds do novels claim the authority and power to teach, to question, and to accommodate changing definitions of nation, class, family, and personal and political identity? British, Diversity, 1700-1900 OR Post-1900 (not both).

Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: N. Tessone

Prerequisites & Notes: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled, “Advanced Courses.”



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