LIT-305 The Rich and the Poor: Market Culture and the Novel in the Age of Empire -- Methods
In-depth study of how new economic theories and practices in the 18th and 19th centuries shaped and were shaped by the novel form. We examine how novels helped readers adapt to a new commercial society born out of the industrial revolution and British Imperialism. Reading fictional representations of old, new, and hypothetical worlds, we examine how economic and cultural commerce transformed ideas about human nature and, by extension, institutions like education, marriage, and government. Authors may include Defoe, Adam Smith, Captain Cook, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, Austen, Dickens, and Eliot.
Seminar (12)
Credits
1
Prerequisite
Three courses in Literature or permission of the instructor.
Notes
(History or Theory) (SSIH) This is also a dept. Methods course, focused on learning disciplinary research.