ENG 444 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
An in-depth study of British literature published from 1660-1789. Born of the Enlightenment, eighteenth-century literature is shaped by and inspired belief in the power of the individual. The course covers authors and literary forms from which emerged the idea of a professional female writer, black and indigenous authorship, the equality of human rights, race, media events, mass readership, party politics, journalism, satire, and the novel among other paradigms that have created and speak to our own time. Course may be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours under different subtitles.
Prerequisite
ENG 200-level literature course or Permission of the English faculty.