Summer 2017 - ENGL 322 E100
Studies in Eighteenth Century Authors (4)
Class Number: 1063
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 8 – Aug 4, 2017: Wed, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
Vancouver -
Exam Times + Location:
Aug 16, 2017
Wed, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Vancouver
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Instructor:
Diana Solomon
dks5@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5436
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Prerequisites:
Two 100 division English courses, and two 200 division English courses.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The study of selected 18th century works, situated in their cultural context. Students with credit for ENGL 408 may not take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
Aphra Behn: Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Spy
Who was the woman who wrote copious novels, plays, and poems, spied for the English government, was buried in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, and was then panned and largely forgotten for nearly 300 years? Creator of pistol-packing prostitutes and self-immolating African slaves, Aphra Behn called out sexist critics in her time and was accused of "inveterate coarseness" in the nineteenth century. What made her writing so celebrated by some and so reviled by others? We will read many of her plays, short novels, and poetry while learning what we can about the mysterious life of Aphra Behn.
Grading
- Participation 10%
- 2 class presentations 10%
- midterm 20%
- research paper (10-12 pages) 35%
- final exam 25%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Thomas Southerne, Oroonoko, ed. Max Novak
ISBN: 9780803292925
Aphra Behn, The Rover and Other Plays
ISBN: 9780199540204
Aphra Behn, Oroonoko and other Writings
ISBN: 9780199538768
The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn
ISBN: 9780521527200
Department Undergraduate Notes:
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Registrar Notes:
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