The first half of the eighteenth century in Britain can be understood as an age looking both backwards and forwards. The old patrician-plebeian order of the feudal period was still vibrant, yet the Enlightenment introduced modern ideas of social organization and individual subjectivity. This course considers tensions between tradition and modernity in the period by looking at visual and print texts. Topics may include Neo-Classicism; middle-class culture and the novel; Enlightenment discourse; plebeian culture. Lect: 3 hrs. Prerequisites: (ENG 108 and ACS 103) or ENG 208 Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1
