English 30 - Age of Satire

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Dartmouth College

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08F: 1009F: Arrange Visit the great age of British Satire. In a time when literacy was rapidly expanding, party politics was emerging and women's rights were being advocated in print for the first time, satire ruled the literary scene. This course will explore the plays, poems, and novels of satirists from the libertine Earl of Rochester to the great satirist, Alexander Pope, not omitting the works of Aphra Behn, the first woman dramatist, and Mary Astell's sardonic comments on the role of women in marriage. May include: the comedies of Wycherey and Congreve , Gulliver's Trave ls by Jonathan Swift, and the novels of Daniel Defoe. There will be an opportunity to study the techniques of satire and its role in social and personal criticis m. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Course Group II, CA tag National Traditions and Countertradition s. Cosgrove

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.dartmouth.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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