EN 822 Novel Theory and the Novel (Fall: 3)
This course satisfies the theory requirement of the MA program.
Working primarily from Michael McKeon's anthology, Theory of the Novel:
A Historical Approach, we will read major works of novel theory, focusing
on genre and narrative theory, the rise of the novel in history, and the
institutionalization of the study of the novel. Theoretical authors will
include: Armstrong, Auerbach, Bakhtin, Barthes, Benjamin, Booth, Brooks,
Frye, Ortega y Gasset, Girard, Jameson, Lukács, Moretti, Todorov, Watt,
and others. We will also read three British novels that will serve as our
primary examples, probably Robinson Crusoe, Emma, and David
Copperfield.
Maia McAleavey
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