Eighteenth-Century Literature of the Fringe

3 credits

The focus of this course is twofold: we will explore literature written about madmen, fallen women, orphans, servants, and other marginal figures, and we will study works by writers who lived and wrote on the fringe of society. In so doing, the course interrogates the widespread notion that the Restoration and Eighteenth Century was an age of reason, order, and decorum. ***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***