ENGLISH 308

The Novel, the Native and the New


Please note: this is archived course information from 2018 for ENGLISH 308.

Description

An inquiry into the genre and nature of the "novel" in the Eighteenth Century, focusing on new worlds opened up by science and travel, commerce and the book industry, women’s writing and the developing public sphere, cultural contact and colonialism. The novel is considered both a problem of the modern and a means of negotiating unprecedented phenomena.
 

Availability 2018

Not taught in 2018

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

ENGLISH 308: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in English