ENGL 313 - The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

The literary culture of this period is known for its frank explorations of sexuality and gender, its crackling wit and cutting satire, its gossip and its coffee-houses, and its sensational novels. Much of it was written in and about London, a city just then emerging as a major European capital and the center of a globe-spanning empire built on trade, including the transatlantic trade in slaves. In this course, students will study works by John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Alexander Pope, Frances Burney, and Samuel Johnson, and learn to connect their moment in literary history with the Global Enlightenment and the Ages of Revolution and Empire. (Pre-1800 course.)

Credits: 1.00
Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
Core Component: None

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