ENGL 206

Spring 2016 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 19-May 4

Enlightenment Lit and Culture

Credit: 3 hours.

Study in Anglophone and global texts from the period 1600 to 1800, with attention to cultural and historical contexts.

Same as CWL 257. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

Cultural Studies - Western

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ENGL 206 class schedule data for spring 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	31983	Lecture-Discussion	X	12:00PM -12:50PM	MWF	Davenport Hall	Cole, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: The Sensuous Century: Sights, Touches, Sounds, Tastes, and Smells: By the end of the eighteenth century, many artists and philosophers considered it a matter of common understanding that sight was the most important of the five senses—indeed, the historical term “Enlightenment” refers to a kind of illumination and thus to human vision. Yet literature during the period 1660-1800, as we shall see, is equally preoccupied with sounds, touches, tastes, and smells. This course explores the “soundscapes” and “smellscapes” of an earlier time, and asks the following questions: under what circumstances did “smell” become associated with the animal, and “sight” with the human? How did genres such as travel writing, comparative anatomy, and political philosophy to this perception? Why did many writers of the eighteenth century resist that view? We will read a wide range of literary texts, including Daniel Defoe’s Journal of the Plague Year, the Earl of Rochester’s A Ramble in St. James’s Park, Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave, Jonathan Swift’s “The Lady’s Dressing Room,” and Tobias Smollet’s The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker.