ENGL 4254
Eighteenth-Century Literature:
Telling Stories
Mr. Radcliffe
412 Shanks Hall
drad@vt.edu
In this seminar the plot's the thing: our topic will be the dialogue between page and stage, which we will follow through classic (and not-so-classic) works in restoration romance, rogue biography, sentimental tragedy, comedy of manners, gothic fiction and gothic drama. Course requirements include an oral presentation, a seminar paper, and a relish for outrageous story-telling.
Readings:
Jane Austen: Mansfield Park
Joanna Baillie: De Montfort
Aphra Behn: Oroonoko
George Colman the younger: The Iron Chest
Daniel Defoe: Moll Flanders
Henry Fielding: Jonathan Wild
John Gay: Beggar's Opera
William Godwin: Caleb Williams
John Hawkesworth: Oroonoko
Elizabeth Inchbald: Lover's Vows
George Lillo: London Merchant
Thomas Sheridan: School for Scandal
Thomas Southerne: Oroonoko
Titles not at the bookstore will be on reserve or will be supplied by the professor.