Dec 11, 2024  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2019-20 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2019-20 [Archived Catalog]

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ENG 5110 - The 18th-Century English Novel


Development of the novel form in the 18th- century. Defoe through Austen.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Compare the works of various authors and types of novel (e.g., epistolary, picaresque).
  • Consider economic themes in the 18th-century novel.
  • Discuss prose antecedents of the 18th-century English novel (e.g., Malory’s MORTE DARTHUR).
  • Introduce the genre of the novel and its distinction from earlier long fiction written in verse.
  • Present various theoretical perspectives on the origins and growth of the novel form.



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