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School of Humanities \ English Language and Literature

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Compulsory

English

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Undergraduate

The novel is a fairly new genre that emerged in the eighteenth century. An ancient narrative in human history
tradition, the novel has drastically changed this tradition and has become the voice of the modern individual.
has arrived. This course will examine the domestic representational novel written by Defoe, Walpole and Austen.

Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe
The Castle of Otranto (1764), Horace Walpole
Emma (1813), Jane Austen

This course aims to discuss the socio-cultural and economic reasons for the rise of the novel. Early novels, styles and techniques of different novelists will be exemplified in popular novels of the period.

1. To learn the historical, political and economic conditions that led to the emergence of the novel genre
2. To be able to analyze novels with different approaches
3. To have knowledge about different types of novels
4. Understanding the world of thought in the 18th century

Week 1: 18th century social, political and economic infrastructure
Week 2: The pre-novel narrative tradition: epic, myth, legend, song, romances, folk tales; What is the novel; from the first novels Examples
Week 3: Development of the novel genre: Attempts to define the novel
Week 4: Different writing techniques of 18th century novelists: e.g. Joseph Andrews (parody), Pamela (letter style), Tom Jones (epic novel), Tristram Shandy (experimental)
Week 5: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe
Week 6: Robinson Crusoe (1719), Daniel Defoe
Week 7: Midterm exam & the beginning of the Gothic novel
Week 8: The Castle of Otranto (1764), Horace Walpole
Week 9: The Castle of Otranto (1764), Horace Walpole
Week 10: Week: Emma (1813), Jane Austen
Week 11: Week: Emma (1813), Jane Austen
Week 12: End of semester review

• Midterm 40 %
• Final 50 %
• Participation 10 %