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| Week 1 | ||
| 8/25 | Syllabus/Intro to Course | |
| 8/27 | Backgrounds to 18th century studies | |
| Week 2 | Restoration Views of the Other | |
| 8/30 | Background: 18th Century Theater and Aphra Behn
Behn, Widow Ranter, Act I Hendricks Essay |
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| 9/1 | Behn, Widow Ranter, Act II | |
| 9/3 | Behn, Widow Ranter, Act III | |
| Week 3 | ||
| 9/6 | Labor Day--Have fun! | |
| 9/8 | Behn, Widow Ranter, Act IV & V | Presentation: Dryden, Indian Queen
John Smith, Journals |
| 9/10 | Behn, Oroonoko, 75-97 | |
| Week 4 | ||
| 9/13** | Behn, Oroonoko, 97-125 | |
| 9/15 | Behn, Oroonoko, 125-end | |
| 9/17 | Behn, Oroonoko | Presentation: Southerne, Oroonoko
Hakluyt, Voyages |
| Week 5 | Puritan Views of the Other | |
| 9/20 | Rowlandson, CAA, 19-45 | |
| 9/22 | Rowlandson, CAA, 45-69 | |
| 9/24 | Presentation: Captivity Narratives | |
| Week 6 | Eighteenth Century British Views of the Other | |
| 9/27 | Background: 18th century concerns and Daniel Defoe
Defoe, RC, 26-86 |
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| 9/29 | Defoe, RC, 86-162 | |
| 10/1 | Defoe, RC, 162-223 | |
| Week 7 | ||
| 10/4 | Defoe, RC, 223-end | |
| 10/6 | Presentation: Defoe, Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe | |
| 10/8 | Midterm | |
| Week 8 | Changing Views of Class and Gender | |
| 10/11 | Background: John Gay
Gay, BO, Act I |
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| 10/13 | Gay, BO, Act II | |
| 10/15 | Gay, BO, Act III | |
| Week 9 | ||
| 10/18*** | Film: Beggar's Opera | |
| 10/20 | Film: Beggar's Opera (continued) | |
| 10/22 | Gay, BO, continued | Presentation: Defoe, Moll Flanders
Select Trials of the Old Bailey Gay, Polly |
| Week 10 | Slave Narratives | |
| 10/25 | Equiano, Life, 1-62 | |
| 10/27 | Equiano, Life, 62-94 | |
| 10/29 | Equiano, Life, 95-130 | |
| Week 11 | ||
| 11/1 | Equiano, Life, 131-160 | Paper Topic Due |
| 11/3 | Equiano, Life, 161-end | |
| 11/5 | Equiano, Life | Presentation: Mary Prince/Harriet Jacobs; Inkle and Yarico |
| Week 12 | American Views of Self | |
| 11/8 | Franklin, Autobiography, CAA, 70-95 | |
| 11/10 | Franklin, Autobiography, CAA, 95-119 | |
| 11/12 | Franklin, Autobiography, CAA, 119-145 | |
| Week 13 | ||
| 11/15 | Franklin, Autobiography, CAA, 145-172 | Paper, Draft 1 Due |
| 11/17 | Franklin, Autobiography, CAA, 172 end | |
| 11/19 | Locke, Selections, provided | |
| Week 14 | Backgrounds to the Declaration of Independence | |
| 11/22 | Locke, Selections, provided | Presentation: Rousseau's Emile |
| 11/24-26 | ||
| Week 15 | ||
| 11/29 | Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 25-76 | |
| 12/1 | Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 77-128 | |
| 12/3 | Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 128-176 | |
| Week 16 | ||
| 12/6 | Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 177-end | Paper, Final Draft Due |
| 12/8 | Declaration of Independence | Presentation: Wills/Fliegelman |
| 12/10 | ||
| Finals Week--12/13-12/18 | Final Exam, Monday, December 13, 10:10 am |