English 141 - The 18th-Century Novel

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

This course examines the novel's emergence and development in England from Aphra Behn to Jane Austen. We consider distinctive features of the new genre, exploring novelists' attempts to distinguish their works from non-fiction texts-letters, journals, criminal autobiographies, and travelogues-even as they draw upon them. We also trace novelists' fascination with topics such as sex and gender, slavery and race, money and market culture, sympathy and sensibility, and privacy and personal identity. And we consider eighteenth-century debates (still relevant today) about the dangers and pleasures of novel-reading.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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