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The Age of Reason

ENGL 432.001

NOTE: This is representative of the syllabi for this course. It is not necessarily the syllabus being used in any one semester.

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.

Jonathan Swift, Preface to Battle o/the Books

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

Horace Walpole, Letters

We will explore the richly varied images of eighteenth-century British culture mirrored in fiction, poetry, and drama-with particular emphasis on works by the age's great masters of satire and comedy.

You are expected to attend class regularly. In addition to the assigned readings, course requirements include two writing assignments (due weeks 6 and 15), a midterm (during week 8), and a final exam .

Texts

Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders (Penguin)

Eighteenth-Century Plays (Modern Library)

Samuel Johnson, The History fj Rasselas, Prince oj Abissinia (Penguin)

Alexander Pope, Poetry and Prose of Alexander Pope (Riverside)

Jonathan Swift, Gulliver 's Travels and Other Writings (Riverside)

FICTION

Weeks 1-3 (August 30-September 13)

Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

Weeks 4-6 (September I8-0ctober 4)

Daniel Defoe

Moll Flanders

first paper due Thursday, October 4

Week 7 (October 9-11)

Samuel Johnson

Rasselas

midterm Tuesday, October 16

POETRY

Weeks 8-10 (October IS-November 1)

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Man (excerpts)

The Rape of the Lock

Epistle to a Lady

Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot

Week 11 (November 6-8)

Jonathan Swift

"The Furniture of a Woman's Mind"

"Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D"

SATIRIC NONFICTION

Week 12 (November 13-15)

Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal

DRAMA

Week 13 (November 20)

John Gay

The Beggar's Opera

Thanksgiving break

Weeks 14-15 1/2 (November 27-December 11)

Oliver Goldsmith

She Stoops to Conquer

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The Rivals

second paper due Tuesday, December 11

December 20, 8:30 a.m.

Final Exam




			*The Age of Reason* ENGL 432.001 NOTE: This is representative of the syllabi for this course. It is not necessarily the syllabus being used in any one semester. Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. Jonathan Swift, Preface to Battle o/the Books This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. Horace Walpole, Letters We will explore the richly varied images of eighteenth-century British culture mirrored in fiction, poetry, and drama-with particular emphasis on works by the age's great masters of satire and comedy. You are expected to attend class regularly. In addition to the assigned readings, course requirements include two writing assignments (due weeks 6 and 15), a midterm (during week 8), and a final exam . Texts Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders (Penguin) Eighteenth-Century Plays (Modern Library) Samuel Johnson, The History fj Rasselas, Prince oj Abissinia (Penguin) Alexander Pope, Poetry and Prose of Alexander Pope (Riverside) Jonathan Swift, Gulliver 's Travels and Other Writings (Riverside) FICTION Weeks 1-3 (August 30-September 13) Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels Weeks 4-6 (September I8-0ctober 4) Daniel Defoe Moll Flanders first paper due Thursday, October 4 Week 7 (October 9-11) Samuel Johnson Rasselas midterm Tuesday, October 16 POETRY Weeks 8-10 (October IS-November 1) Alexander Pope An Essay on Man (excerpts) The Rape of the Lock Epistle to a Lady Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot Week 11 (November 6-8) Jonathan Swift "The Furniture of a Woman's Mind" "Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D" SATIRIC NONFICTION Week 12 (November 13-15) Jonathan Swift A Modest Proposal DRAMA Week 13 (November 20) John Gay The Beggar's Opera Thanksgiving break Weeks 14-15 1/2 (November 27-December 11) Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals second paper due Tuesday, December 11 December 20, 8:30 a.m. Final Exam home \| bs, corporate communication \| ba, english \| ma, publications design \| mfa, integrated design \| mfa, creative writing & publishing arts \| people \| portfolio \| facilities \| classes \| undergraduate applications \| graduate applications \| contact \| site index \| university of baltimore