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Major British Novel 1660-1914

ENGL 060.001
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TR 12-1:30

A first introduction to an immensely various and fluid genre. Most class sessions will begin with a short lecture, then concentrate on discussion. Among our purposes will be to gain a sense of historical change and contests for authority within the genre, and to trace shifting definitions and functions of novelistic discourse. Requirements: class participation, unannounced quizzes, 3 short papers, midterm, and final. Typical authors: Behn, Defoe, Richardson, Austen, Eliot, James, Woolf, Christie.

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