ENGL 4410 - Studies in Restoration and Neoclassical Literature

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENGL 1102 and (ENGL 2110, ENGL 2111, ENGL 2112, ENGL 2120, ENGL 2121, ENGL 2122, ENGL 2130, ENGL 2131 or ENGL 2132) with a grade of “C” or better or by permission of instructor
The Restoration and Neo-Classical periods were marked by dramatic shifts in the intellectual landscape of Western Europe. Political systems, religious traditions and cultural conventions were giving way before revolutions in theology, philosophy and science, the rise of literacy and the expansion of national power across a transatlantic sphere of influence. Against this backdrop this course examines the works reflective of (and in some cases responsible for) these transformations from authors such as Milton, Bunyan, Dryden, Behn, Swift, Locke, Pope, Defoe, Samuel Johnson, Descartes, Moliere, de Sade, Edwards, Paine and Franklin.