ENG 3410 - Development of the European Novel

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or permission of instructor

Description: In this course students trace and analyze the development of European novels from the 1600s to the present. The course focuses on the reading and analysis of extended pieces of fiction, covering historical contexts, philosophical and cultural trends, narrative techniques, and critical and theoretical perspectives relevant to the analysis of the European novelistic form, with attention to the location, study, and application of literary criticism appropriate to individual texts in written literary analysis. Texts will be read in translation.