LITERATURE 68 - Sex,Lies,and 18th-Century English Stage Comedy

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Claremont McKenna College

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Bilger This course will examine the rise of Restoration comedy and the debates that arose in the early 1700's about morality and the stage. We will pay attention to the historical particularities of the Restoration and 18thcentury theatre and also consider, among other themes comedy as a vehicle for social criticism and political satire. Readings will include plays by Aphra Behn, Susanna Centlivre, Hannah Cowley, William Congreve, John Dryden, John Gay, Oliver Goldsmith, Elizabeth Inchbald, and William Wycherley. Offered occasionally. 71. 19th-Century British Novel. Bilger The novel is the crowning achievement of 19th-century British literature, a form which fully retains its immense popularity and critical interest today. The accomplishment of such masters as Austen, Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot and Hardy will be seen through a close reading of major works. Discussions and lectures will focus both on concerns and issues of the period as well as on ways in which Victorian masterworks like Vanity Fair, David Copperfield, and Jude the Obscure reflect the growth and change of the novel form itself. Offered occasionally.

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1.50

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www.claremontmckenna.edu/

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(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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