English 45B
Literature in English: Late-17th Through Mid-19th Centuries
| Section | Semester | Instructor | Time | Location | Course Areas |
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| 2 | Spring 2013 | Breitwieser, Mitchell
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MW 3-4 + discussion sections F 3-4 | 2 LeConte |
Book List
Austen, Jane: Emma; Bronte, Emily: Wuthering Heights; Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe; Douglass, Frederick: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave ; Franklin, Benjamin: Autobiography; Pope, Alexander: Essay on Man and Other Poems; Rowlandson, Mary: Sovereignty and Goodness of God ; Wordsworth, William: The Major Works: Including The Prelude
Description
I will lecture on the cataclysmic rise of bourgeois modernity as it registers in English and American literature during the period 1660-1860. I will emphasize the mixture of euphoria, wonder, deprivation and anxiety that this transformation provokes, and I will concentrate on the Enlightenment and Romanticism as attempts to exploit historical opportunity while compensating for history’s deficiencies. Two five-page essays, a final exam, and regular participation in lecture and discussion section will be required.
Discussion Sections
| 201 | Cordes Selbin, Jesse
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F 3-4 | 175 Barrows |
| 202 | Langione, Matt
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F 3-4 | 174 Barrows |
| 203 | Hsu, Sharon
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F 3-4 | 136 Barrows |
Other Recent Sections of This Course
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spring, 2022 |
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45B/1 |
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fall, 2021 |
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45B/1 |
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spring, 2021 |
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45B/1 |
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